The Aerie

I’ve been mentioning The Aerie and thought I would give two views of our log home. (You can trace the entire building process in the archives or in the link on the side bar to The Log Home Project.)

Why do we call it The Aerie? We are situated at 2100 feet of elevation on a mountain that is approximately 2500 feet tall. The valley below drops off to approximately 1600 feet at Route 6 three miles to the north but a good chunk of that drop occurs in the first half mile. The views are rather good and sometimes the hawks and vultures fly past below us. Hence the name: The Aerie.



Viewed from across the yard from the west southwest. The covered porch is nice at any time of the year and the deck is a great place to sit and watch the sunset. In this photo you can also see the entrance to the walk-in basement under the deck.



Viewed from the driveway from north northwest. The main entrance.