The Abandoned Cabin

I have an overwhelming urge to rescue things and bring them back to life.

 I am sure that is part of the reason why I am forever rescuing furniture and other junk.

 This is an abandoned cabin in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
I was smitten with its quaint charm.

My brother's family has been renting the log cabin next door for a week or two each summer.   

My brother Dave loves old junk and he has been telling me about this cabin for over a decade.

I was excited to finally see it for myself.

I visualized a log cabin not a quaint red and white cottage. 

I was amazed to see the vibrant red paint.

The paint looks fairly new not decades old. 
From a distance it looks like someone just left it at the end of last season. 

But on closer examination you can begin to see the decay.

The front porch is gone and some of the windows are boarded up.

The front and back doors just stand open to the elements and the animals.
I could see a little antique washstand inside the back porch. 
It still had the traces of green paint but
we could see that animals had taken up residence in the drawers.

I heard from my sister in law that the 

family left one year and never returned. 
I guess the owners became too elderly to vacation in Colorado.

 The taxes are paid every year but the heirs haven't been to visit the home nor have they made plans to sell it.

I peaked inside but didn't want to go in. 
The floors looked rickety and there were mouse droppings everywhere 
but
the living room looked like a 50's or 60's time capsule.

 The cabin is buried under the snow in the winter.

 In the summer it is surrounded by breathtaking views. 

I can visualize what this cottage could be 

but it will probably fall down or will be torn down at some point. 
I think the rodents have made it inhabitable.

It is sad that something so cute is just wasting away.
Some day Bill and I hope to fix up a cottage or a cabin. 
  The cottage of my dreams is 
 a cross between my grandparent's lake cottage and a farmhouse.
I hope for a cute white house with a tin roof. 
Bill wants a log cabin with a green tin roof. 
Who knows if either dream will ever come to be
but, 
I wouldn't turn away from a red cottage with white trim deep in the woods. 
What do you think?
Do you feel a pull to rescue a forgotten home?
 Katie  
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