Continuation of our trip from Denver to National Parks in Utah and Arizona. Part 1 is here. Tuesday, August 16 Per Stewart’s suggestion, we headed to Arches National Park in the morning and oriented ourselves at the visitor center. Our first stop after the visitor center were the canyon views near The Organ and Tower …
This was our summer of The Great American West, which I guess is a pretty much obligatory road trip for any American family. We took advantage of the Embreys being in Denver, a good place to start. We also stopped in to see Aunt Leona, Uncle Larry in Flagstaff near the Grand Canyon. I wanted …
Grandma and Grandpop were our first visitors at Pfefferkorn on July 19. Grandma persisted in her efforts to teach Allie knitting. Allie was a willing pupil for a while but I’m not sure she retained any skills. It was a little like most of her sports and music endeavors — learned that, move on. One …
Photos from our house at 10316 Paddington Court, Ellicott City, taken April and May, 2005. We moved out in June. Exterior shots taken on April 16 when the lawn was mowed and trimmed and the tulips and cherry tree were in bloom. Interior shots taken May 12 when the house was all cleaned up for …
As 2005 got underway, we were in the midst of constructing the Pfefferkorn house, I was taking personal finance classes online and Allie was in fourth grade at Glenelg Country School. On January 13 we did something or other with Chris Garwood and her dog, Tallie. It’s possible that at this point Chris and Gerard …
April – June, 2005: Getting everything finished. Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Pouring concrete for steps. April 7, 2005 The yard is graded for landscaping. Friday, April 8, 2005 Getting ready for painting. A look around the exterior. Monday, April 11, 2005 Painting underway and getting ready for walkways outside. Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Headway on …
January – March, 2005: Windows, doors, roof…completing exterior, starting interiors. Monday, January 3, 2005 Happy New Year! Roof pretty much complete. Have a look from Pfefferkorn Road and around the neighborhood. Tuesday, January 11, 2005 Getting ready for a real roof. Monday, January 17, 2005 We have windows and doors! Friday, January 21, 2005 Now …
November – December, 2004: Exterior and interior framing, and getting a roof. We have the basics of a house in four months since groundbreaking. Monday, November 1, 2004 Allie and I stopped by after school. We have floors! Tuesday, November 2, 2004 We return the next day. We have the first of our walls. We …
September – October, 2004: Breaking ground, foundation. I started visiting the building site every few days to monitor progress. It was easy to swing by after dropping Allie off at school. Thursday, September 23, 2004 I stopped by to check on things. Not much had started yet other than the storm fencing was finished. Friday, …
Making the decision to build our house on Pfefferkorn Road. A confluence of factors sparked our decision to leave our house at Paddington Court and build a new home on Pfefferkorn Road. With some of the bonuses I earned in 2000 and 2001, we paid off our Paddington mortgage which seemed like a reasonable thing …