Notes from the Gorge

Letters from the build.

Every week or so I write to the people following Cavara: what we are building, what the land is teaching us, and what it costs to do this honestly. The letters live here afterward, newest first. If you are new, start at the beginning.

July 16, 2026staycavara.com is liveBuilt it myself. Sort of.Read the letterJeremy with Seth and Tori Bolt at Bolt Farm TreehouseJuly 9, 2026Do less, betterWhy I flew to Tennessee before putting a shovel in the ground.Read the letterJuly 3, 2026The money conversationWhere the project actually is right now, and the math behind the choice.Read the letterA sandstone cliff line catching first light above the fog in the Red River GorgeJune 25, 2026The question I get every timeThe look people give me when I say I'm building in Kentucky.Read the letterFirst-look concept rendering of a Cavara treehouse, two shell forms joined by a curved glass seam against the autumn gorgeJune 18, 2026Two shells stitched with glassThe first look at what we're building in the trees.Read the letterJune 11, 2026Not for everyoneThe biggest decision at Cavara isn't a design choice.Read the letterJune 4, 2026The pivotThree no's, a hard look at the numbers, and a smaller Phase 1.Read the letterTwo cave units at dusk, concept renderingMay 28, 2026Building inside the rock (without touching it)The Gorge made the shelter. We're just adding glass.Read the letterA collage of O2 Treehouse custom buildsMay 18, 2026The people building this with meA local partner who knows this market better than anyone. And the team behind 85 custom structures.Read the letter827 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio, with cardboard boxes stacked outsideApril 30, 2026The nine votesWhat happened when eleven strangers held my business in their hands.Read the letterInside the cave looking out to the forestApril 25, 2026What the land told us to buildCave units and treehouses. Two completely different ways to be here.Read the letterSandstone cliff at Cavara's 11.5 acres in Red River Gorge, KentuckyApril 21, 2026A cave in OhioHow a cave house in Ohio led me to 11.5 acres in Kentucky.Read the letterJeremy on the Cavara land, Red River GorgeApril 18, 2026Where this startedWhy this isn't just another cabin, and what you just signed up for.Read the letter

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