Getting settled

Well we made it in one week ago and it has been very busy .  We spent the first few days unpacking and doing a little more cleaning and painting in the cabin.  Paul's mom and dad came out the day after us and have been busy helping out too.  After a few days we had to stop ourselves and remember that we have quite a lot of time for that sort of thing and we should enjoy the nice weather outside.  So with that we decided to take a day trip and quad to the store.  This turned out to be a great decision, we took the old road to Germensan Landing and saw some great scenery which is never lacking around here.  We even saw the remnants on the Germensan River of an old flume that was used in the gold rush days, there is a picture of it at the store when it was operational and it is dated back to the late 1800's. 
After stopping at the store we contined down the road to see a 6000 sq foot log home that is being built.  It is being built for a couple from southern BC, a great stimulus for the economy around here, as many locals have been hired to work on it at one stage or another.  Speaking of locals, Scott from the store mentioned to us that you have to live here 20 years before you are considered one, so I guess we will never have that title. 
But we did meet some others who are, they were working on the log house when he arrived and were more than happy to show us around.  It was of course beautiful, with lots of space.  But I don't think that I would want to make firewood to heat a cabin that size!!!  We're hoping that we will see the place again, as we were unoffically invited for a Christmas party there!  Definitely something to look forward too.