We ended up driving up Saturday morning instead of the usual Friday night. I had to attend a funeral for my dear friend of 38 years and did not get home until late.
When we drove up, a couple workers were staining the front of the home. We choose Bronze Pine and it comes out warm, rich and colorful. We really struggled between two stains and decided on this one. The other was a shade lighter but it was more of a yellow tint, and we didn't like that as much. We wanted it to look a little more rustic than the light colored ones we've seen.
Here are some daytime photos showing the natural color where he has not finished yet verses the stained color. The stain we choose has a hint of red in it. It is not as noticeable during the day, but the night time photo shows up much darker red in the headlights. During the day, however, it is a lot lighter, but still very pleasing. I'm glad we went with it. It was my favorite after all.
It is supposed to rain up there next weekend (yes I got the right area this time), so we will probably go up again to get my camera and do some work on my busted
ATV. I also have a hydraulic winch project I'm working on. I'll share that in another thread soon. Last weekend I ended up mounting the backhoe and doing several hours of digging, repairing some clogged culverts and making the gutters better. I'll see how they hold up with the coming rains now. It also got down to 26F (-3.3C) on Saturday night. Cold!!!