Saying goodbye

The last few days have been rough on Steinback Mountain. Late Sunday night Chip's dad Skip lost his brief and hard fought battle with cancer. We are all going to miss his wicked sense of humor, his love of chili burgers, and his quickness to tell you how much he loved you.

Chip inherited his keen sense of problem solving and his ability to understand and master all things mechanical from his father who was quite the craftsman. He knew how to build things and he was especially good at fixing things. As we mentioned before, when we first started thinking about taking on this renovation, "Skippy" insisted on being our plumber and had he stayed healthy, we would have had the best plumbing installation possible.

We are so going to miss him. He was an amazing father and an amazing father-in-law.

The photo below was taken a few years back when Chip's folks followed their dreams and moved to Nevada so they could be close to the mountains. Then Chip's sister started having babies and the folks moved back to our area so they could provide childcare and lots of love.

It's kind of hard to stay excited about the renovation when everyone is so sad. It was also really hard today when we met with the plumber and Mike to go over the final details for the guest house. Hopefully, Skippy will watch over the project and make sure the guys from Val's Plumbing do a good job.

Tomorrow the building inspector is coming and Thursday the electrician shows up….