Pictures of the development process

Harvesting of the timber where we were clearing the homesites was handled expertly by Hankins Logging out of Pikeville, TN. This is their staging area, where they limbed, sorted, and loaded logs onto trucks.

This is a skidder, the workhorse of any logging camp. This rubber tired monster is actually pretty nimble, yet moves huge trees easily. Suprisingly low impact on the soil and surrounding trees was made possible by judicous planning and good communication with our master logger, Phillip Hankins.

How does that saying go? "If you are mowing your yard, and you find an automobile... you might be a redneck!" Seriously, we found this old truck, tractor, several implements, EVEN A POND! This farm had not seen a tractor and bush-hog for at least five years, and in some parts, 25 years. The tractor had a 6 inch Cedar growing amongst the running gear.

Gary Gibson, Gibson Dozer Service is putting his John Deere 550Q bulldozer to work cleaning up the homesites in the waterfront tract. This is an exciting time for us, as our vision begins to reveal itself.

We built this sign with recycled lumber from the shed and old house we are tearing down, a wheel from an old horse-drawn wagon, and the roof is an old feeding trough. Stop by for a visit now, you hear!