On Monday, November 4th I was busy making donuts for Bob’s mother’s 90th birthday when the phone rang. It was Keith from Collin’s Construction wondering if the wood for the cabin was here. I said no, but then I looked out the window and yes, there was a Perkins Lumber Truck just pulling up to […]
Nov. 1, back filling at cabin #9
January 5, 2014 by
It’s another exciting day at Dickerson’s Resort. Today is the day to back fill and put down pea rock in the crawl space of cabin #9. Wade from Swenson and Son’s Construction came with Johnny and Steig to help Bob get the job done. It was nice and sunny, but only about 20 degrees when […]
Nov. 2-cabin #9 gets new owners!
January 5, 2014 by
We are having a great time getting ready to build the new cabin #9, but of course the old cabin needs to find a new home. When we raised the cabin Marcus Building Movers suggested we put an ad on Craig’s List. we got quite a few inquiries which was exciting. On November 2nd, a […]
Cabin #9 foundation walls
January 4, 2014 by
October 29,2013-today is the day to build the foundation walls for cabin #9! The concrete blocks were delivered yesterday. Note how there is just enough room to get the truck backed in to unload. Not much extra space here between trees and cabins! All of the blocks are here. Sure hope they brought enough! It’s […]
Pouring the footings for cabin #9
December 3, 2013 by
On Thursday, John came and started the forms for the cabin footings. Late in the day, Tom came and finished up. They are also working at our neighbors to the north of the resort, so it is quite handy! The footings for cabin #9 were poured on Friday, October 25th. There are many of us […]
Digging the footings for cabin #9
November 27, 2013 by
Wednesday morning before 8:00, Wade & Greg arrived to start digging the footings for cabin #9. Digging the footings in an existing cabin is a little more work than starting from scratch. There are water, electric, propane and sewer lines below and around the cabin that all need to be watched and gently moved during […]
10-22-13 The backhoe & the sunset
November 22, 2013 by
Late in the afternoon on Tuesday, the backhoe was delivered to the resort by Swenson & Sons Construction who will be digging the footings for the cabin. The footings for the cabin will be dug tomorrow! Yeah! We’ve never been able to take a sunset picture here before. Sunset minus cabin #9! Tomorrow is going […]
Moving day at cabin #9
November 21, 2013 by
In the off season, one of the traditions we have at Dickerson’s Resort is to make donuts when someone helps us with a project. Marcus Building Movers have raised Cabins #7, 10 & 12 and had donuts. The tradition must continue! Sunday night , October 20th Bob talked to Eric Marcus to see if they […]
Cleaning under cabin #9 deck
November 16, 2013 by
On October 8th Bob told me that Garvin or Eric Marcus of Marcus Building Movers would be here on Thursday to talk about lifting cabin #9! Sure enough, Eric showed up on Thursday at 4:35 and said they could be here on Monday or Tuesday! We have a lot of work to do! I immediately […]
Getting the resort ready for winter
November 8, 2013 by
Draining the cabins Getting the resort & cabins ready for winter is a long process and most of it revolves around water. The cabin water heaters and water lines need to be sucked out and the docks need to be removed from the lake. When a cabin will no longer be used we need to […]
