I figured after posting a few questions I should start a small thread to document the progress of our Yurt journey.
By trade I am a UH-60L Blackhawk pilot but I rarely fly. I enjoyed my time flying the dry open space of Afghanistan but flying in the states is a rather bore. I guess that is where the "Office" comes in for Officer. I am a husband, father to one and soon to be two. Currently stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah GA.
With a recent raise in Basic Housing Allowance and the substandard quality of housing on post I was finally able to talk to the wife into making the move into a Yurt of which I have been dreaming about for years. The constant spraying of pesticides and the incessant sound of helicopters fling directly over our house at all hours of the day/night is wearing. We plan to depart the Military soon as part of our long term plan and are trying to make wise financial decisions and set our selves up to have freedom to make different choices about our career/schooling. The yurt is a major part of that plan.
We had originally planed to purchase one tall wall 30' yurt and create a loft but we found the following yurts for sale out in Colorado and decided to make a change in plans. I am flying out from GA and my father from OR and we will tear it down with the help of a local contractor in approx 3 days, throw it all in a 26' Penske and put it up here in GA after a long 3 days on the road.
There has been a lot of planning going into this. We found a great land owner to lease us land that had all of the amenities we needed and as a benefit we get to share in the resources on the land, like the garden, fish ponds, and chicken pens. But here is the initial picture of the plot we picked out for our short 3ish year stint here.
Two weekends ago I had a freind spend the Saturday afternoon helping me clear the land.
Mid Way
Last weekend I went out on my own for about 5 hours and finished it all off.
Anyway I will have a lot more to post soon but hopefully this weekend goes well and I can get a lot of work done. All depends on how many friends (most of which have PCS'd recently) come out to help build our massive 66'X36' deck that will house one 30' and one 24' Yurt. The other 24' yurt will go to the land owner to use as a Jam space while we live there. The intent it to design this in line with LEED standards and so that we can easily take the entire thing with us when we move back to Oregon in 3ish years. If we decide to live in something different it will make a great lake house for a place the family has that is boat access only.
Let the adventures BEGIN.
Our Savannah Yurts
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