The yurt becomes our home!

Encouraged by dropping temperatures, we installed insulation, a woodstove, the door and windows. We are cozy despite temps as low as -27 degrees!

In July we started to sleep in the yurt. We left it mostly empty knowing we'd be removing the roof. We used scaffolding to reach up through the roof ring to the outside. The roof has three layers, an inner liner... ... reflectix insulation and the vinyl roof. All are flame retardant. Yurt Raising Three! Our families "raise" their cups to our efforts. Nancy with Aunt Mary and Dave Whittemore. A birthday celebration for Nancy and Randy. The cupola starts to take form. The cupola has plexiglass on top and 6 glass windows, three open. The sharp edges of the flashing are covered in old bike tubes. Dave made a huge "railroad" ladder to install the cupola. With 10 shoves and heave-hos, we pushed and pulled it into place! We riveted the flashing to keep it snug. Copper covers the seams. It was early October when we got this in place. We can tell the time of day by where the light falls. Motivated by lowering temperatures, we got the woodstove installed. We had it all operating just one hour before guests arrived for dinner! A misty November morning. The "living room". The outside of the door. Pull the string to enter. The door latch from the inside. The "office" Two record breaking snow storms in December... ... blanketed the region. We love the sound of snow cascading off the roof! Late December ski in Fayston.