A snake, a deck and interior framing

Yesterday we brought Bryan's brother, Todd, and his family up to see the house. Not only were they impressed with our progress (we now have deck and interior framing!) and the beautiful view, but we got some nature lessons as well -- we saw (and handled) a small garter snake (only about a foot long), and ran across some coyote scat. That's only a fraction of the wildlife there; we're looking