Cottage opening weekend approaching

I will be heading up to the island to open the Cedar Cottage and work on the "Our Little Cottage" project build. The temperature has dropped this week, but I am seriously looking forward to my first trip to KI in 2012. The plan is to drain the pond where the new cottage will be built and other miscellaneous planning activities. Needless to say, I can't wait to get on the ferry this upcoming Friday!

Water front property

All of this unseasonably warm weather has given me a severe case of KI fever. Unfortunately, I have not made it to the island yet as we are planning to open up the Cedar Cottage the weekend of March 30th. My neighbor was kind enough to send me a picture of our lot on Saturday, March 17th. You can see the excavated area for the cottage structure is completely filled with rain water. This obviously will need to be drained and cleaned before the foundation can be started.

Well, I guess I always wanted a lake view!

I've got approximately 7 weeks to get the foundation completely finished before our builder starts framing. I am somewhat stressed but excited.