I really do have too much wood (really)

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Been a 'laker' and a wood boat freak since a kid.

Had an Great Uncle that hopped a train up to Petoskey back in the depression.

Old Bachler was a caretaker for the Graham Family. (the auto makers)
He had an old 40 acre 'rock farm'

We Spent all of our vacations up there back in the '50s thru the '80s

My Mom still has 15 acres,

If'n I ever retire, I'll probably end up there?
 
Sounds so very familiar...except...we went with the lake cottage. We've got neighbors that could buy and sell us many times over, but our cottage was less than 100K, lol.

I am jealous of your "shed".


Could not handle this place and a lake cottage.

Found a couple pics of the old place.

We flipped it for darn near half the cost of the new place, it had squirrels living in the walls when we got it!

It turned out pretty good for not much money but alot of sweat!


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Sure wish I could have put that old house out here.

It was the old Catholic Church Parsonage..

Still had the tunnel (blocked off) to the old Church next door.

Made a nice wine cellar though!

Yup it was nothing really flashy compared to some of the places in town, but it was built like a brick outhouse!

Dry wall, 2x6s and vinyl siding do NOT compare eh?
 

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We couldn't do both either, we live in the lake cottage and rent out our old house.
 
I had to sell the old place to be in a position to get the 15 acre place.

I kinda miss the old place,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you could NOT build a place like that today, it would cost you a fortune eh?
 
You have really nice grass, and one of the nicest gravel drives I've seen! Lol


Har, har, har!

I found some old pics of before we moved in,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Grass?


Yup, plenty in the 'driveway', Family all thought I was nutz!


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