Lampe's new country land and house


Well, the Lampe family moved further away from the city (Atlanta) in August of 2005.
I now have around a 1.5 hour drive into the city (for the rare meeting or lunch appt).
We happened to pick a move-weekend when no one was available to help (Dan was in Michigan,
Dave had school, men from the church had obligations, etc.).  Kelley did most of the 
packing and my dad and I did most of the moving (Dave helped us out that night).  We
are finally settled in, and have some pictures.  The land that we purchased is heavily
wooded.  Only around 3/4 of an acre is cleared.  The rear  of the house contains
a small fenced off area (for the dogs).  I plan on fencing the cleared area with a 
combination of privacy fencing (back) and horse fencing (along the front).  We also 
need one of those solar-powered gates for the front driveway.  

My favorite part of the house is the woods in back.  There is a  path  which 
leads from the  back yard  to the woods in back.  If you walk about 60 feet through
the path, it opens up into a large  garden area .  The former owner of this land had
bush-hogged a bunch of 4-wheeler trails through the woods.  We have a 4-wheeler, but 
I use the paths more for jogging.  Trevor and I marked out a 1/5 of a mile circuit 
through the woods.  I widened the path with our tractor, and we run for 45 minutes 
every night.  Trevor and I also built a small  firepit  in the garden area.  Since 
the garden area is completely shut off from any lights (you cannot see the house 
or any man-made lights from the garden area), the kids school is going to use it 
for star gazing for some of their science classes.  We put some park benches around 
the fire pit so the kids can sit and roast marshmallows around the fire.

For those that don't know, we have 4 dogs.  The dogs have taken well to the new
location.  They get a little skittish at night when the foxes and coyotes are 
prowling about.  That reminds me, we have blueberries all over in the woods.  The
deer *love* blueberries.  Every morning at around 7:15, 3 or 4 massive does come
out to feed.  I've already priced out a large upright freezer at Sam's Club and
I need to put a stand overlooking the blueberries.  Looking at satellite images,
I see that there is a lake behind the house.  Except for the trails, the woods
are very dense and I've only been able to walk a few hundred yards back.  Kramer
(one of our Jack Russels), took off under the briars when I was running the trails.
He came back soaking wet.  I'm sure the lake (or creek/river) is off our property, 
but I'd like to clear enough path to get back there (Halie loves to fish).  Well,
that's about it.