We bought the land in November 2008.  This photo was taken shortly after that when we had started finding and hauling rocks to the site.

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We gathered rocks from the river for the foundation.  We paid someone to break rocks so that we could use that for gravel.  We collected materials for 2 1/2 months.

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We bought 4 dump trucks of sand and carried it by wheelbarrows to the building site since there is not a road that goes to the property.

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We bought sacks of cement.

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We bought iron bars.

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The iron bars were made into posts.

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