Shrew Haven in Michigans upper peninsula is my deer hunting camp where I spend about 10 days with friends hunting every fall. The problem is that is a 9 hour drive from my home in the lower part of the state so my time spent there is limited because of it's location.

My wife was born and raised on a farm just an hours drive north of where I live. It has a 3 acre lake on the back side loaded with bass, pike and panfish. I've graduated from a john boat to a small pontoon boat for fishing on the lake and Ispend most of my weekends there in the summer plus a good amount of time hunting every fall.

I normally stay in the house where our oldest son now lives and go back and forth to the lake in my ATV

I just purchased a small log cabin that I'm going to have moved to sit close to the lake, giving me a place to stay when I'm there. It was built by the Amish from 8" cedar logs, it is 12'X 20' with a 4' porch in front. Furnished with a bed, small wood stove plus table and chairs will give me an oldtimey place to stay both in summer and wnter.

I'm really looking forward to havng it there and I antiipate spending many hours of enjoyment in the days ahead.

Ron, That is such a smart way to set things up. Congratulations. I think you will be there more than you anticipate at this point. Well done.

Ron, I have been using a 12 by 24 one room for over 35 years. It has worked just fine for me. You have a nice little covered porch for your rocker,lol.

Ron, how about a pic of the interior. Paul

that is bleepin' awesome. CONGRATS on a great purchase.

Awesome Ron. We have a Mennonite owned place just five miles from us that makes all kinds of cabins from log to frame, etc. That's where we got ours eight years ago. That's plenty big enough for a nice camp.

Very nice! Hope you enjoy lots of time there.

That looks like a nicely built cabin. Sounds like a wise investment to me. You will enjoy all your time spent there. Fishing is a great way to spend the day. Hope you have internet service so you can still come on stickbow and tell us how they are hitting. Good luck On the move Ron

That is great! Best wishes to you. Enjoy yourself Ron, Skeet

Nice!

Very nice and congrats! Please post a pic when it's in place....very cool!

I've seen those here in Iowa Ron. There is an actual "sub-division" of them not to far from me. They look very well built.

Very cool!

Perfect ! Enjoy.

Smart choice, Ron! The Amish are good builders.

Good for you Ron I remember fishing with you and my son Ben especially when my son asked why we never caught fish like we were doing on your honey hole I could only say we had never been in this good of a lake. Thanks for all the good memories.

That will be a nice place to relax and enjoy nature. Best of luck with it.

Nice! I like it.

Sweet deal!

Needs a big set of antlers above the porch! Otherwise, it's perfect. Enjoy!

A picture if the lake and where my pontoon boat is tied

Excellant deer hunting behind the lake

Looks great.

Enjoy.

Wow nice,looks great.have a great time.

Awesome set up Ron ! Enjoy yourself!

Beautiful cabin Ron. I have to tell you that I saw the photo and just said “ah man!” Lance

Well there you go.,that is awesome.,I would hunt there in the fall too.,good luck

Ron, gotta say, I like your boat, been looking at ones like that for the pond at the farm, my son's whole family can use it some for fishing the pond and swimming off it too.

Great view and good fishing lake.

That's AWESOME!!!!!??

Ron that's awesome. Looks like your going to make some great memories there. John

Nice Cabin and pontoon boat, You got it made, Enjoy your time Ron.

Way to go Ron cabin looks well built . Enjoy ur self and live the life that most people will never live. God Bless.

Way to go Ron cabin looks well built . Enjoy ur self and live the life that most people will never live. God Bless.

Very nice! I helped a friend put one up very similar to that and he used it on some acreage on Lake Huron for awhile with his wife & kid. They had a bigger place built but the little cabin still stands. It’s really all one needs for many situations. Have fun!

Perfect size cabin, to me. JF

Beautiful Ron. Enjoy!

Awesome...more photos please!

I too am building a small cabin. It will be a little smaller than yours but big enough for a bed , recliner and small table. I sold my larger cabin and relocated next to my son and thousand's of acres of state owned land.

Ron you do not know me, but I know where your camp in the UP is,,,, I am in Iron County, in a secret spot, the Center of the Universe,,,,,, enjoy you cabin,,,, there is the UP, then there is the rest of the world,,,, God Bless

When I was a pup, an old-timer told me God doesn’t count the time against you when it is spent in a place like you’ve got, Ron. I’m betting he is right.

That looks so usable and low maintenance, how cool.

Ron that's great that you're going to have this set up. I know you are going to enjoy it. I talked to you not to long ago and I remember you telling me of a large pike you were after. Don't know if you ever caught it but I think about it often. Enjoy your time spent there.

Looks great Ron, enjoy yourself and take care. Jeff

Those look nice.

Very nice Ron.

I can’t imagine how it could get any better! Other than no mosquitoes maybe.

Outstanding! I can already see the buck hanging from the rafter of the porch. Shrewhaven II

Very cool! Enjoy!

Enjoy it Ron!!

Deno

Very nice!

john I wouldn't call this a shed. I looked at some "shed's" that I could have bought for a 3rd of the cost of this cabin. The 8" logs are both the outsize and inside. It will have a cedar frame bed with a bear skin rug on the floor beside the bed. I'll heat it with a small original old pot belly stove.

Another sleeping loft up above with mounts holding longbows and flintliock guns on the walls. Atmosphere is the goal and I wouldn't get that with a shed.

Good stuff Ron.

Good stuff Ron.

You are so right about the atmosphere issue Ron. I have an old travel trailer at my place and would really like to have a small cabin like the one you just got. Congratulations on a nice set up.

Ron, that is sure a nice cabin.

Very nice Mr Ron!

Ron, Looking forward to pictures when you get it situated and livable! Atmosphere is very important! Ha.

What will you do for the foundation? Concrete piers? Concrete slab?

WMM

I'm planning on a base of crushed stone

Looks comfy.

Ron those are The thing in some areas no days. Because of design some that aren't much bigger than urs have families living in them. Having that property makes urs perfect. Lol, and no they're not sheds or even close. I'm looking to do the same myself. Congrats guy, love it.

Very nice, your gonna love it!

Thisn is the cedar log bed frame thatwill be in the cabin

This hickory rocker will sit on the porch

Looks nice Ron. Enjoy!

Amish built but where is the outhouse?

Where I use to live there was a few Amish just south from me, I need some logs and went to see Sam that had a mill. He was down the road to a farm that he just bought and his son-in-law was just carrying out a toilet, I ask Sam what was going on and he said they were making the house livable.

You're a lucky man Ron. Best to you!

Looks GREAT, ENJOY!

Looks great Ron, enjoy my friend! God bless

That looks great Ron! You'll really enjoy it!

Bernie

Looks good Ron, Sure would like to see the pic's when it is all setup. Will sure miss seeing everyone at Compton this year.

Bill

Once you get the electric and plumbing done it will be sweet

I visited my cabin the other day, ithasn't been moved to it's final destination yet, I'm waiting for the ground to dry up a little.

Inside is 12X16, log walls and knot5ty pine ceiling

A loft extends over the porch that will make another sleeping or storage area

My small potbelly stove should heat it just fine

That stove is more than adequate.

Very cool.

Got to love that, plenty of room for 1 or 2 folks. Pappy

Sweet! That's all a man needs right there.Enjoy!!!!

You'll have the windows open in the winter with that stove, LOL. I had a small parlor stove in my deer blind. Just burning all the dead sticks around the blind roasted me outta there. John

Ihae a smaller stove also that I might use instead

This is a superimposed picture of the cabin where it's going to sit by the lake

This will be the view from the porch looking west over the lake

Wow Ron, bet ya cant wait to just hang out after a great day of hunting.Enjoy.

Awesome...you could watch tip-up flags right from the cabin!

You’re a lucky man, Ron. But I guess you already knew that.

I'd use a smaller stove.

Ron that antique stove looks great , it would suits You just fine, A big stove you can build a small fire or a big fire when it gets colder, a small stove small fire ok, but in need, can’t get big fire for more heat in cold, wind blowing and ice fishing time, Enjoy whatever.

My uncle has a stove like that in his pole barn and has cooked up some great soup on it. Nice to come in after a days hunt and have the soup ready.

Bill

It seems the older I get the more I love watching the sunset

Did you buy from a distributor or have it custom built ? I've been looking for something similar for my farm but haven't seen anything as nicely built as that one. Do you mind sharing where you got yours?

Thanks, Ghost

I’m just the opposite Ron I like my morning coffee and watch the sunrise.( I can’t stay awake long enough to see the sun set)

I need a place like that on my property on the Mogollon Rim in AZ. Thank you for sharing sir, good luck!

greyghost, I bought it from a log furniture store He told me it was made by the Amish. You can Google "Amish log cabin builders"

Looks like a great little cabin and location Ron....

Ron you would love this. we have a new deer camp in SW Wisconsin, in Vernon County. My buddy bought it, and in trade for UP bird hunting and trout fishing, I go down there to deer hunt...

It had a Amish school house, with horse barn, which was about the size of your new cabin. The school house is really cool, and after they took out, the school desks, he converted it, with new stove. It also has a sistern for washing water......

Good luck with your new camp

Those that have been in my shop over the years durng thr cold months will remember the old Round Oak stove in the middle of the floor. It has been there since 1986 providing the kind of heat you can only get from a wood stove.

People coming in from the cold stand close to it and comment how good the heat from it feels

Ron, I am so glad for you. Enjoy it in good health. Jawge

"The kind of heat you can only get from a woodstove"

I know the heat you speak of Ron! In fact, my eyelids are getting heavy as we speak! Nothing like a woodstove to soak into your bones and lull ya off into a coma-like slumber..

That is really great... a sweet little cabin on a beautiful piece of water and land... hard to beat. Have fun. JW

One important item not seen is the outhouse to complete the cabin.

I have one picked out to have there, it's a one holer.

I remember out house's when I was a kid were two holer's. I couldn't understand why because I never saw more than one person in them at a time.

I have one picked out to have there, it's a one holer.

I remember out house's when I was a kid were two holer's. I couldn't understand why because I never saw more than one person in them at a time.

Two reasponses when only one was needed.....kind'a like a two hole outhouse. :>)

Nice looking cabin Ron....I hope it brings you all the enjoyment you hope for.

2 hole outhouses are one of those things that fall under the "Better to have it and not need it,than to need it and not have it" category....

Keep old newspaper in the outhouse..in the summer.So you can roll a paper up , set fire to it and then insert the flames thru the hole and run it around to check for wasps, spiders, etc. An ounce of prevention is well worth it. That's what we did in the good ole days.

James forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't methane gas and open flame be a bad combo...?

Ron, did you decide that corner of the porch is "the place" or are you still deciding ?

Looks like a fine place to spend time.

That is SO COOL! I loved in SE MI for 5 years and loved how easily I could get to the outdoors. My in-laws are in Gladwin, in Amish country. Can't wait to visit in a few weeks.

I don't exactly miss the winters, though. This Tennessee boy wasn't cut out for winter to last into May.

When I was young (1940's) winters were a lot worst. With a pair of ski's or snowshoes you could walk over the top of fences.

One winter when I was 10 years old and lived on a farm we were stranded for two weeks because of heavy snow. Snow plows couldn't get through and we couldn't get out. Our neighbors hsd a pair of Draft horses that the use to use to plow so the neighbor boy and I road them 5 miles through the snow to the store.

Way cool area u have picked out for ur cabin!a slice of heaven for sure.i have a slice also on my grand parents farm with a beautiful lake! And my dad tells stories of the winters back in the 1950s! Way cool!! Harry

Ron, your cabin adventure reminds me of a good friend from Onaway Mich who in the early 1970 built his own log cabin house. He was very crafty and did more log work over the years while teaching at Onaway High School. After retirement, he purchased a lot in Canada, on a lake/ island and planned on building a log cabin there. First he collected logs from his property in Mich, assembled the cabin and marked the logs positions. Disassembled the cabin, loaded the logs on a big flat bed, hauled the logs across the Canadian line, then to the lake, placed the logs on a pontoon boat, then to the island, then assembled the cabin on the lot. The way you did it, seems a lot easier. Have fun. Paul

I'll post a new thread with an update of "The small log cabin"

GOT to see it in person and these pictures don't do it justice, thanks Ron for the invite and visit, it is beautiful and very a peaceful place.Right out the front window looking at the lake, and all the memories on the walls are very special. Pappy

The house by the pine

A little ways off at the end of the path standing there all alone Is a little wood house with a moon on the door referred to as the throne Late in the night you carry a light to get to the house by the pine Its not close so you have to hurry to make sure you get there in time

livin the dream !

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