Early start; to be out to the logging slash for a daylight start. View attachment 4351 Found a nice Alder log. It was a gun barrel under tension with the root still attached. When it was out to the road I realized I forgot to take pictures. View attachment 4352 Going to Granny's involves a Ferry ride, part of the reason for the early start. View attachment 4354 Down town Alert Bay. View attachment 4356 Granny's House! View attachment 4358 From the truck to the woodshed. View attachment 4359 The logging slash where this load came from is in the middle, just across the the water. View attachment 4360 In all, a fun day! The view from Granny's picture window!
Early start;to be out to the logging slash for a daylight start. Found a nice Alder log. It was a gun barrel under tension with the root still attached.When it was out to the road I realized I forgot to take pictures ! Going to Granny's involves a ferry ride, part of the reason for the early start . Downtown Alert Bay! Granny's house. From the truck to the woodshed. The logging slash where this load came from is in the middle of the picture just across the water . In all , a fun day . The view from Granny's picture window ! Don't know what happened to the pictures , so try again !
Wow, if she's your granny, she must be ancient! Seriously, good on ya. I'm takin' care of granny, too (MIL.) I got her a used Buck 91 a while back. It'll go 12 hrs. on a load so it doesn't use a lot of wood for a big stove, but I think I'm still looking at 3-4 cords a season to feed that bad boy. What kind of stove does "granny" burn, and how much wood for a season? I'm assuming you've got mainly softwoods there? I like that wheelbarrow. I'm almost to the stage of putting a plywood deck on mine....damm near all that's left is the handles and the wheel. Too many wet Red Oak rounds.
Granny is Granny to our children. Much nicer name to use than mother -in -law ! http://ardentenergy.ca/pdf/brochure.pdf http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/index.php?threads/wood-furnace-install-part-1.758/ The furnace is only in its first year of operation .But a charge of wood that would only last the old furnace for maybe 4 hours , last 24 hours in the new unit , hence the need for supper dry wood .
As the Crow or helicopter fly's the wood is only 5 minutes from the house but a all day trip by ferry. I, have had this wild fantasy about getting a chopper to fly several cords for novelty ! But a safe flight path and the bank account sort of rain on the fantasy !
On the truck we find it hard to believe that its now 15 years old . The splitter is now on its third truck!
Today nice load of dry alder to Granny's, a gift from my older brother Dave! When Dave cuts firewood, lengths are perfectly uniform and there is no sawdust stuck to the wood, this is clean wood! The Campinspecter! A really nice picture of Woodwidow!
Red Alder grows out here as well. I've got a bunch in the woods behind my house. Drop all those fuzzy pod things in my yard. The passenger side tire of your splitter looks low on air.
The tires always look low only about 5 to 8 PSI , the tires are the suspension. But thanks for being observant!
Very nice pictures Allan. By the looks of how the folks are dressed, I'm guessing it is not hot out there. lol We're enjoying a summer with not so much heat here. Only one 90 degree day so far this summer and that was over a month ago. I just looked at the forecast and through next week no temperatures in the 80's either. All 70's for the highs. Sure makes for easier working conditions.
Lookin good as always Camp Insp., hard to believe you are married to such a young looking bride. Winter will be on us before we get turned around.
Yes she is young and to think that years ago she gave up a life of a commercial pilot to marry a guy who liked to cut firewood!
Alert Bay and Port McNeill have the afternoon westerlies off the water that can be quite chilly if you are not standing in the sun. Our summer temps usually run from lows at night of 58 F to highs in the daytime of 72 F. A few miles inland temps rise quite drastically. People wear shorts and T shirts but have a sweater or hoodie handy to put on. By the way, Thanks for the compliments, guys.
That is about the way I had it pictured. It is the same way in much of MI, but mainly in the north. The old saying that if anyone intends on camping in MI in the summer, never forget to pack some heavy clothing. Most years it will be needed. I remember one day we were in St Ignace and the temperature was 52 degrees and it was about this time of the year. We had to go to a grocery store and heard more than one family arguing it was time to go back south before they froze. We got a big kick out of that one. Two days later we were swimming in Lake MI, it was sunny and around 80.
