Where on the Site

So, I have 3 draft blogs ready to go depending on which direction we go.   It was helpful to write out the different choices ahead of us.

Last weekend, a visit to the site had dual purposes:

1) To take up the water tote I just bought
2) Think with an open mind on siting the first structure

The water tote is a generic food grade 275 gallon unit.  I removed my roof-top-tent from my trailer and used the rack as, well, a rack.   The trailer had only about 250 pounds on and in it, and thankfully 4-low and triple-lockers were available as it was slow and low to the ridges.

Here we are air-ing down to 18psi from the 34psi we run on the streets, from here on the trail gets more rugged.

At the site, I got a crash course on reversing with a trailer over an off-camber clearing, uphill and sideways.  I'm glad the game camera doesn't cover this spot or I would have burned through its batteries on the 213 point turn I executed to put the tote and trailer where I wanted.

The clearing shown above, is where we park the cars.  So the idea of building just up hill from it is less than ideal since our great view would be blocked by staring at the roofline of all the cars and trucks parked there.  Downhill from it would work but it's limited in pad size as the access road cuts across below. Sooo....

In preparation of having some site-work guys up on the land with their big Cat 'dozers, I thought with an open mind, where would we:

• get the best solar orientation
• enjoy the best view
• allow for adequate parking and turn-around
• allow for materials storage and 'delivery'
• allow for future use plans and structures

This view to South from a spot that is not yet cleared, but abuts the main clearing to the West would satisfy all those criteria:

hmm, I think I found the pad site.   We'll see what the site-guys have to say, assuming our appointment isn't rained out early this week.