Mud season started about a month early in Vermont, but what’s bad for the roads is good for construction (if you can get your truck to the site).  Geobarns’ Vermont crew is making short work of the framing of Mike and Sue’s house near Killington.  By the end of this week, we expect to have both main volumes of the house sheathed, and we’ll be hard at work on the vaulted kitchen-connector.  With rafters up, the shape of the house is now obvious, even from far below the site (see images).

This crew of Geobarn “zealots” (George’s term) is getting ahead of schedule, and wreaking havoc with David’s carefully plotted routine  Like many towns in the area, Pittsfield has bowed to reality and posted its roads for mud season, so we’ve had to work with the town to get our trucks up on the very occasional frozen morning.  The town of Pittsfield has been through a lot this past year, starting with almost unbelievable destruction from tropical storm Irene, and the town’s indomitable spirit is on display everywhere.  Working with the towns around Killington to get our two projects underway this winter has been a reminder of why we love Vermont.  Good sense, personal responsibility and good stewardship do what codes and ordinances never can.