For the rest of the week while I am in the middle of a chaotic house and dreaming of what will be, I've decided to share a photo per day of scenes from around our 70 acres.

Trees do whatever they can to survive the deluge of snow on Avalanche Slope. Depending on the snowfall, many trees end up buried under the heavy snow, hence the lean.

Over the years, we've accumulated a lot of moose-themed stuff at the cabin. After all, that is one of the special things about it -- moose. In 2009, Lynne took photos of much of the moose stuff. And, I've just posted some of those photos to the photo gallery on this site. 

Looking at all this moose stuff makes us think that the cabin may need to "grow up" some. After all, it is no longer going to be a weekend getaway, but our full-time residence. We may want to get rid of some of the kitchy stuff and decorate with a bit more taste. We'll see...

You can find the OtG Photo Gallery by clicking on it's link on the right side of this page. (Toward the bottom. It says "Photo Gallery Entries"). Then select the Moose Stuff gallery. Or just follow this link directly to it.

Let us know what we should keep and what must go!

Our beloved Alex on the back stoop of the cabin. How we miss our Big Boo!

He thought he was a lap dog too.

He is still with us in spirit and we see him eveywhere we look. He grew up going to the cabin from the time he was 10 weeks old.

The paintbrush will soon be "painting" the high mountain meadows with red and yellow.  The yellow is called "Wyoming Paintbrush."

The past two weekends have been hectic. We are preparing for the "big move". There is so much to do. But, as of today, I think we are in pretty good shape.

We've been going from room to room, sorting items into four categories:

1. Stuff to move to Colorado: this is really two groups. Those items we will put in "long term" storage, perhaps wanting access to at any time in the future. And, things that we are having moved to storage in Laramie, WY, but will want to haul to the cabin right away.

2. Stuff that goes with us. We'll be taking some things with us in the trucks. The dogs and cat, of course, along with their supplies. A few house plants. Important paperwork/files. Clothes. Liquor. A propane tank (that I will empty as much as possible by grilling meals until we leave).

3. There are a few things we've promised the house buyers. So, we want to be sure we don't move or sell that.

4. Items for the estate sale -- which is most of the stuff we have. We really are trying to downsize, but it is hard. There are so many items that have sentimental value, or that we "might need" in the future...(Sentimentality takes up a lot of space!)

I guess there is another category, too. The stuff that we are discarding. But, we really are trying to minimize what will end up in a landfill.

This weekend we did a lot of sorting. Putting stuff in the appropriate places. We've set aside a closet for the items going with us. And, we've rehearsed what we'll tell the movers, who come one week from tomorrow (Monday....not sure when this will get posted). I decommissioned our weather station, today. Found items that we planned to move, then decided to sell, then decided not to sell...

Pretty hectic, but also pretty exciting.