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  Our official cabin address is: 11590 W. Cedar Road, Orderville UT 84755 You can look that up on Google Maps and it will get you pretty close. At least on our street. We are Lot E-24 Little Ponderosa Subdivision on the Kane County Recorder property maps. GPS coordinates: 37.282604, -112.896664

Cabin fever is already here. It’s only January 1, 2017 and the requests for cabin reservations are coming in. Look at your calendars and plan a special cabin weekend. And don’t forget midweek dates. They are almost always available. And out of courtesy for others, if you find you cannot use your date please let … Continue reading »

We snuck back up to the cabin again, hoping to get the walls and roof on the treehouse before had to go down to Escalante for our canyoneering trip with  

All of you with cabin fever, take note. Nellie and I with a few of our grandkids opened up the cabin this week, filled the water bottles, and uncovered Mr. Bear. We are officially open for business. Everything looks great. The days are warm but the nights are cooold (28 degrees). The new cabin rules … Continue reading »

We hauled one of our big flat stones down from the cabin and had Kenworthy Monuments sandblast  a big “Rockin R” in it. Nellie and I somehow managed to get it off the truck and mounted at the entrance to our cabin property. We think it looks snazzy!

The old rope swing was tired and needed replacing. Grandpa had cut the swing off so nobody would try to swing on it until we could get it replaced.  So Kayson and I volunteered to help — and had fun testing out our climbing and rappelling gear in order to get up the tree. The … Continue reading »

We were lucky enough to have several close encounters of the wild kind this trip.  Here’s a brief list of some of the wild things we saw: Bighorn Sheep – And lots of them! And close up!  We saw several just off the road the first time through the park. The second time, they were … Continue reading »

We were all excited to get back to the treehouse and see how it had weathered the winter. Surprisingly, it was still standing. Only a little bit of warping on the plywood that held up the snow all winter. The first thing we did was de-constructed. We ripped down the roof, walls, railings, and all … Continue reading »

We came back the week after Memorial Day weekend and it was a much quieter place. Not to mention the weather was much (20-30 degrees!) warmer.  We brought our hammocks and this time Kayson, Keanon and I got to try sleeping out in them.  The 3 trees by the tetherball pole made a nice place … Continue reading »