Visit to the Wimbush farm

Yesterday I visited my wife's farm in Vance County, NC on Kerr Lake near the Virginia border. http://picasaweb.google.com/greenshelters1/Wimbush_FArm#

I wanted to walk the new survey line to better understand where her property stopped and the Corp of Engineers property started. It was drizzling rain, it was a little cold but I had a great time.

This is a beautiful piece of property which has been in her family since before the revolution. In the 1950's the US Government decided to build Buggs Island Dam across the Roanoke River and thus create Kerr Lake. My wife's father lost lots of property and an ancestral "Home Place" with that transaction but on the upside, my wife's farm is now "water front property" within 1.5 hours drive of the Research Triangle.

What does this have to do with 'GreenShelters" you may ask. In my walk around the property, I was also looking for a place to build a small Green Home. Probability no more than 400 sq ft - but something I can use as a test for some of the Green Techniques that are being developed. I think I have found the spot. It is about .4 of a mile down State Road 1353 just off to the left on a small pond. I flyfished that pond briefly yesterday and caught several sunnys and one VERY SMALL large mouth bass.