Hi Everybody, we've got to share our latest news. We're about to be landowners! We signed a contract tonight on 2 acres of land just outside Cove. It is a beautiful piece that we just fell in love with.
Click images to enlarge. Here's a view from the top of the property looking west toward La Grande. You can see most of the land in this photo. The roads form the eastern and southern boundaries. The fence in the middle distance with the RR tie gateposts is the western edge. You can just make out some treelimbs on the extreme right that are near the northern edge. The photo flattens everything out--we are actually looking downslope from probably 300 feet above the valley floor.
Here's our backyard--good ol' Mt. Fannie!
Another backyard view. The truck is parked on the upper (eastern) edge of the property.
Looking NW toward Mt. Emily. These are the cottonwood trees that you see just a bit of in the first photo. Our boundary is on the other side of the trees. There's a lovely little creek that flows beside the trees and is also on our land.
Looking SW toward Union. You can see the fence that forms the lower (western) edge of the property.
We're buying it from an artist and her screenwriter husband, originally from northern CA. They lived in Portland for about 6 years before moving to Cove. They were originally asking $85,000. They lowered the price to $79,500. We negotiated to $72,500 final price. (Oh, and I have to throw in a smallish painting :)
What do you think?? We're pretty excited!
Good news from Jared today, too. He's linked up with a tech job placement company in Beaverton that is going to recommend him as part of a creative programming team that will be designing software for a company called Ethicspoint.com. Good luck, Jared!! Why don't you tell us all more about it?
Love,
Mom & Dad
