WE DID IT!

We Sold the Cabin

So, you ask, how can you sell something you  have loved so much?  

It became something it never had been before.  Something I didn't love.

The area became increasingly crowded.  People now live there year round and expect year round services.  We loved it without all the services.  No garbage pick up, no plowing in the winter, not much road maintenance. It was rustic, and quiet.  

The price for the yearly HOA fees reflected the lack of services. There weren't a lot of people who stayed there for huge chunks of time.  Now they do.  Many people live there all summer and some even year round.  

The people that stay there longer expect more.  So we are paying more.  And it's also a lot more crowded.  

Also, we have three families that own the cabin, so there are three families with different ideas of doing things.  Not bad, just different.  And a little more stressful.  Okay, a lot more stressful.  Especially when there's an imbalance of resources.  Financial and physical.  

The cabin ceased to be a place of peace, renewal and rejuvenation.  

When my father built the cabin this wasn't he envisioned.  He would be sad and frustrated.  

So, we sold it.  

Our last time to the cabin was sad and hard.  I have so many good memories from there.  Sledding in the winter.  Sitting on the back deck in the summer with the sound of the river below our cabin, seeing a gazillion stars at night.  Kids jumping off the ladder into a pile of pillows.  Pit games.  Barbeque burgers that never tasted better than cooked over a charcoal fire. And finally, the lake.  Kayaking and hiking around it were the best.  Good times. And the smell.  Oh, the smell of being outside in the pine trees.  Nothing compares to that.  

But I have to admit that even with all those amazing memories, I knew (we knew) it was time to sell.  It had become more than we could care for.  Or maybe, it was more than we wanted to care for.  The negative had finally outweighed the positive.   

So, we sold it.