We all sure had a blast at the cabin this weekend. It is privately owned by a family, but they rent it out over holiday weekends. Apparently there were there the previous week and they had logs in the fireplace all ready for us. Friday night was quite chilly. By Saturday morning, we were ALL shivering! It's such a huge cabin! There is a fireplace and an electric heater in the living room, so that is always the warmest room. The upstairs bedroom also has a heater, and there are some wall heaters in the downstairs bedroom suite. We went through $100 worth of wood over the 3 nights...can you believe it? Idyllwild doesn't allow folks to bring their own food due to the pine borer invasion, and prices in town are, well... pricey! Hubby first bought 3 boxes of firewood from the store in town. They were $10.00 each. That lasted one night. He bought 3 bundles of firewood from a local dealer for $10.00 each the second night. By the 3rd night, he bought a barrel full of hardwood. That cost $45.00, so he spent about $100 for the 3 nights just on firewood for the fireplace! It was worth it, however, as we all huddled around it in the mornings. The rest of the house was just too cold. By the 2nd morning, however, it was warmer.
Transporting wood across borders is a big concern everywhere but the weekend together was worth it, I'm sure!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteIt isn't across any border. The cabin is only an hour's drive from our home...same county, same state. It is up in our local mountains. I do understand their concern about the insect.
ReplyDeleteI love wood heat, but that's a lot of wood. Lovely cabin.
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