Recent content by Burnham

Nasty.

Sorry to see things so, Stephen. Good luck.

Looks to be somewhat like a Dutch oven.

Being that wealthy could be entertaining ;).

Had the look of it, for sure.

Lightning strike?

We could have asked Butch...he would have known :).

If so, their actions are senseless. The property dimensions, house location, remaining trees and veg, adjoining timberlands all make what they have done useless so far as defensible space goes. I don't think they are that clueless. They are moving from a rural property that was very close to...

That has not been discussed. It may well be a question I'll ask at the next opportunity.

Maybe...:)

Figure 8 on a bight might be a safer choice...once in a while a bowline will collapse.

Something got stuck in the mud :).

We have gently moved the conversations in that direction from early on. They are generally receptive, I think. One very nice example of their consideration is that they travel their gravel driveway quite slowly, and very slowly as it passes closest to our house. The wife specifically...

Yep, both halves at different times. Pleasant conversation. We'll most likely get along just fine, but I doubt being more than decent neighbors is in the cards. They are less than half my age, have 4 kids, and recreate in entirely different ways than we do.

Quite a storm!