Platforms and Pizza
Over the past few weeks we quietly opened our public spaces and began welcoming people onto the property. The Bonsai Course, picnic and play spaces, and beverage cart — The Thirsty Bird — are now up and running. Watching families enjoy the course together, kids playing, and neighbors stopping by to say hello has been incredibly rewarding. After so much time planning and building, it’s been a joy to finally see the space being used the way we hoped it would be.
And we’re just getting started.
Right now we’re working behind the scenes on our wood-fired pizza cart, The Captain’s Crust. We’re dialing in the dough recipe and getting our systems just right before we launch. If all goes according to plan, the pizza cart should be ready to open in about two weeks — so stay tuned for that announcement.
Meanwhile, another exciting piece of the project is taking shape.
The platforms that will support our 11 geodesic domes have now been installed and are built from CLT( Cross Laminated Timber ) CLT is a mass timber product created by layering boards of wood in alternating directions and pressing them together to form extremely strong structural panels. It’s an innovative building material that allows for durable structures made primarily from wood.
What makes this part of the story especially meaningful is that these CLT platforms weren’t originally part of our design. But through a twist of coincidental fate we were introduced to Vaagen, the company producing them.
Bruce had actually helped build the very CLT plant that has now produced the decks for our domes.
Before his passing, Bruce had become fascinated with CLT and was incredibly proud of the facility he helped bring to life. So when we realized that the platforms for Treasure Bay would be coming from that very plant, it felt like one of those quiet moments where the story comes full circle.
As spring on the Oregon coast begins to stretch its legs, we’re now watching the weather closely and waiting for the right window to begin erecting the geodesic domes. Once they’re in place, we’ll move into the next phase of preparing them for overnight stays.
There is still plenty of work ahead, but little by little the vision is coming to life.
Thank you for following along with us and for all the encouragement you’ve shown along the way. It means more than you know.
We’ll keep sharing updates as each new chapter unfolds, and will release special booking opportunities to our newsletter subscribers as those come online.
