As you can see, it has a small wood stove, but the main heat is electric baseboard. When Clara saw this picture she said, "There's a cow fur, Mommy!" "You mean a cow hide?" "Yes. Did Mark do that?" Ha! She knows the ranch has beef cows and she is so curious about exactly what we will be doing with them.
Here's another view of the living/dining/kitchen "great room." The house is between 1000-1200 square feet, no one is really sure. Our house is close to 1200 as well, so they're about the same size.
Here's the view of the "kitchen" section of the room. I will miss my spacious kitchen, for sure. It doesn't look like there is much room for an actual table and chairs, so we may just add a third stool at the bar? Guess we'll have to see when we get there! There is also currently no washer, dryer or stove/oven in the cabin. The owner is happy to put these things in for us, but there may not be hookups for the washer/dryer and, not having been in the space, I'm not sure how things would fit. We do there that the owner's house just up the hill has all these appliances, he is oftentimes not there and we are welcome to use them if we need to. So, we will see how things work out once we arrive!
There are two bedrooms, each with a queen size bed and not much else. We will be bringing Clara's twin bed and taking the queen out of her room, so she has more room to play. We are also bringing a large dresser for her room that will double as both clothes and toy storage. There is no dresser for our bedroom, but we have our Montana family keeping their eyes out for us.
Here's the bathroom. Thankfully, Clara has gotten much better about taking showers since she's been having swimming lessons, so I told her she'll have to be a big girl and take showers, just like she does at the pool. She seemed fine with that.
I have been emailing some with the caretaker's wife, who sent me these pictures and gave me most of the info on the house. She also said that the water on the ranch is not potable, so we have to either get free water from a place in Lewistown, 1 1/2 hours away, or buy water at Walmart or somewhere similar in Billings, 2 hours away (where we'll probably go to do our big shoppings). I'm not sure what exactly the issue is with the ranch water and if it would be fixable with a good filter or not; another thing for us to investigate!
There is no cell service, but we do have high speed internet! Apparently a grant a couple of years ago ran cables out to all the remote homes and ranches in the area. So, we will be able to share stories and pictures and Gramma and Clara can continue to have their Skype story times.
Isn't this deck gorgeous? One of the first things Luke will do once we arrive is fix the railing so it will be safe. I imagine we'll spend quite a bit of time out here! We are so excited to see our new little home and start making it our own.
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