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The quarry is where the family dynamited granite for building the cabin.
Look out for cactus!
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He got one going pretty quick, and didn't want to leave it while the rest of us moved on to other things... so he settled in.
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It started to get dark and cold... but he was determined to stay the night. Ok with us...
At the last light, we saw him racing back through the meadow to the cabin. Cold and darkness changes every grand plan - even with a fire burning!
Welcome back, son... here's some cocoa!
Good times.