The Cabin
105 Mountain View Calpine CA 91624
For project 5, I’ve chosen to for my GIS place the cabin my
grandfather built for my family in Calpine, California. This is a special place
because not only did it take him about ten years to build it, but he died
shortly after completing it. I do not have many memories of my grandfather, who
my sister and I called Papa. He died when I was five. But the cabin has become
a sort of shrine for him. It is filled with paintings and woodworks that he
created and the wooden duck collection he started in his early twenties. My
grandparents had what many would call a whirlwind romance. Originally, the
cabin was going the place my grandparents retired, but Papa had a heart attack
and died in his sleep. My grandmother or Tutu as we call her, has a hard time
staying at the cabin now. She says there are too many memories there.
The cabin has become a place my family has used to get away for a
quick vacation. It’s located in the in a small town called Calpine, which is
just outside Portola, California and thirty-minute drive from Reno. The area is
filled with pine trees and is a little rustic. But Calpine is a peaceful place
that stays cool in the summer and the winter is filled with sledding and
skiing. My mother and her sisters grow up in Calpine until my mom was
five and the family moved to Reno. Papa and Tutu owned a construction and
gravel pit in that area up until he died.
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