House Still Not Done

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We still are not in a house. The foundation is finally in after a failed attempt of the cement truck trying to make it up the 20% grade driveway. They had to run several hoses up the driveway with crews working together. I was surprised how well it went. We think, crossing our fingers, they will be running the water lines this coming week. It's supposed to rain so we'll see how that goes. It takes such a long time for each step. The permits were the longest and between all of them, the septic drawings, etc. it took months. Water has to come from the top of the mountain from a road up there. Power has to have the transformer put in at the bottom of the driveway at the tiny road below and ran up. Everyone has to coordinate together. On a good note, the DOT permit to bring the house in two pieces from 300 miles away is in effect, so just maybe we might actually see a house before Thanksgiving. Sure would be nice! The con, a bulldozer will have to bring it up the driveway since the huge truck won't make it up the grade. Next year, my son wants to pave the drive and not just have gravel. We have 4 wheel drives and can even pull our trailers but those huge rigs can't do it. It's already in the 40's at night. For some, that is doable, but in a travel trailer, it's pretty cold. We have heaters but these are not insulated like a home. The floors are so cold. We are boondocking on his property without electricity. We have generators, power banks, batteries, ecoflows, etc. I can use a Keurig, electric skillet and more in here. We have a Blackstone and three huge BBQ's so not without a way to cook. With the generator, I can use my microwave. I just don't run it often. Maybe two hours a day. My refrigerator is running on propane. I can use it on shore power, battery and propane. It's more efficient on propane when boondocking. We have a low boy to pump the tanks and take to the RV dump. It's pretty cool we can do this but sometimes it gets old. I lived in my trailer camp hosting for two years, so know what to expect with snow, ice, high winds and all the winter weather stuff. My poor son just bought his trailer and already feeling the cold. I hope everyone is doing great. I've been reading trying to catch up. The photo is one of the elk that was on the property a couple days ago. We have a lot of critters here. Elk, deer, mt lions, coyotes and more.