Weather turned colder and we had our first snow. We decided to upgrade the wood stove in the cabin so we don’t wake up with chilled noses.

We were inspired after we visited our friends’ cabin up on high. We had a cozy lunch with views that could not be beat. Photos courtesy of Amy.

We found a new, efficient, soapstone stove that came with tax credits, which was what convinced Tim. We planned to install it to our existing stove pipe. This turned out to be a real head scratcher. First of all it weighed 200 lbs and there was a short window when the snow would remain firm enough to drive on. Then we had to find the strongest people, or person! (Amy), we know to help carry it from the car to the cabin. True friends came in a flash and made easy work of it.

Then it took us longer than I care to mention to get the stove pipe hooked up.

But we persevered and finally connected both ends of pipe. We lit our first small fire to break it in and are looking forward to warm nights that last all night instead of when we just get under the covers.