I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been asked what we are building at 42402 Yarrow Central. Now, I don’t mind answering the question (and I certainly don’t mind chatting with passers by!) but I have been meaning to put up a sign since the beginning of summer. Something else has always seemed to require my attention though and so installing some kind of sign has languished somewhere at the back of my brain. Yesterday however, all that procrastination came to an end and we finally installed the inn’s main sign. I am really pleased with how it looks and am looking forward to finishing off the base and starting the landscaping around it.

It is a beautiful fall day here in Yarrow, British Columbia! …and it might be raining a little bit, but our carpenters have started sheathing the roof and it won’t be long before the North Star is nice and dry!

As predicted, our carpenters have been busy in our absence! The North Star’s walls are going up and the stick roof is coming along nicely. The trusses are on order and should arrive any day. It’s exciting times at the Hazelnut Inn!

IAAPA’s 2018 Attractions Expo has come to a close and we are on our way home. We have enjoyed the warm weather and it has been great sharing our project so many wonderful people here in Florida but we are eager to get home again. Our carpenters have been busy in our absence and the North Star’s walls should be framed by the time our plane lands. 

We are having a great time here at the IAAPA show! There are people from all over the world here and so many interesting companies.

We are getting lots of compliments on the scale model and I love watching people’s jaws drop (they are literally gasping in amazement!) when we explain that it is a real hotel. We will be here for the rest of the week and then we will be coming home and getting back to making the Hazelnut Inn a reality.