Our Great Adventure
Our Great Adventure
Jeanna Zentgraf
DeVry University, ENGL 112
Professor Hale
March 6, 2011
Our Great Adventure
When some friends of ours offered us a piece of property in Tennessee, we jumped at the prospect of moving to the mountains. For us, moving to the Tennessee Mountains was to be a great adventure for my family, but with all of the problems that we would encounter; it turned out to be something that we wanted to forget. We were moving to the mountains to start a family adventure. We were looking forward to being able to see the seasons change with the vivid fall colors and seeing snow for the first time. My son was thrilled about living in the woods and being able to see the wildlife, such as deer, come into our backyard. We just knew we were going to enjoy living in a small town where everyone knows everyone. The town was so small, that it only had 600 residents. This was going to be a new experience to build our new home ourselves, with the help of a contractor. Right from the very beginning we started having problems; we couldn’t seem to get anyone who wanted to work with us. There were so many things to have done that we didn’t even know where to start first. We had to have the land cleared, have a septic system installed, to build a 20 x 20 metal garage and have a well dug. By now with the weather getting colder our tiny camper wasn’t sufficient for the winter, so we decided to order a manufactured home. Since it was starting to get cold we moved into the 20 x 20 garage, where we had a wood burning stove. In November 1996, with winter coming we ordered a manufactured home. Needless to say it was a really cold winter that year and our home was not delivered until February 1997. It was really hard to deal with the cold weather, especially living in a metal garage without adequate insulation or heating causing the bolts used in construction would have ice on them. We had a refrigerator,
Jeanna Zentgraf
DeVry University, ENGL 112
Professor Hale
March 6, 2011
Our Great Adventure
When some friends of ours offered us a piece of property in Tennessee, we jumped at the prospect of moving to the mountains. For us, moving to the Tennessee Mountains was to be a great adventure for my family, but with all of the problems that we would encounter; it turned out to be something that we wanted to forget. We were moving to the mountains to start a family adventure. We were looking forward to being able to see the seasons change with the vivid fall colors and seeing snow for the first time. My son was thrilled about living in the woods and being able to see the wildlife, such as deer, come into our backyard. We just knew we were going to enjoy living in a small town where everyone knows everyone. The town was so small, that it only had 600 residents. This was going to be a new experience to build our new home ourselves, with the help of a contractor. Right from the very beginning we started having problems; we couldn’t seem to get anyone who wanted to work with us. There were so many things to have done that we didn’t even know where to start first. We had to have the land cleared, have a septic system installed, to build a 20 x 20 metal garage and have a well dug. By now with the weather getting colder our tiny camper wasn’t sufficient for the winter, so we decided to order a manufactured home. Since it was starting to get cold we moved into the 20 x 20 garage, where we had a wood burning stove. In November 1996, with winter coming we ordered a manufactured home. Needless to say it was a really cold winter that year and our home was not delivered until February 1997. It was really hard to deal with the cold weather, especially living in a metal garage without adequate insulation or heating causing the bolts used in construction would have ice on them. We had a refrigerator,