Might venture down the coast of Lake Michigan a bit, the ride US127 down to Ohio. Going to stop by a FB friend's house for a visit, before heading on to GA
Congrats! I'm somewhat envious of those who finish with their firewood processing early in the year; for me though, it's a year-round process. I slow down a bit in the middle of summer and winter but will still take advantage of scrounges if they pop up. I should probably start splitting now however I'm in full-blown acquisition mode, trying to scrounge as much wood as I can before the black flies, ticks, and tourists show up in force. The pics below are two piles that I have to work on so far, plus another pile of oak rounds (seen in the second pic behind the snow blower) left over from last year that is over 1-1/2 cords (some of those rounds are 36" in diameter) and about 1/2 cord of uglies, shorts, and cookies to process. With 12+ cords already CSS, I'm way past having three-year's worth of firewood in the lot and should be somewhere between 4 & 5+ years on hand by the time next burning season rolls around (barring any brutally cold and long winters).
I'm pretty much in the same boat. Before this huge oak honey hole, and still now, I can't turn away an easy score somewhere close. Even if it's mid summer, I just need the heat to break under 85ish and it's hoard on.
My quote should've been for being done burning for the year, hopefully I can still get some firewood throughout the summer. I still need another two face of shoulder season wood c/s/s, that will give us just under twelve face up. I'll also start splitting the hardwood we have down and then stack it. It looks great EODMSgt , with the prices of everything sky high, I'll be working when I can even if it's putting up a chit load of shoulder season wood.
I agree, even if I don't 'need' the wood, I have a difficult time passing it up. I took a drive this morning over a seasonal mountain road that they just opened up to do a cursory search for scrounges. Spotted several potential hardwood blowdowns so will be going after those hopefully soon (before any competition can get them). Nothing right next to the road, but potentially not too difficult. I'd be out there today but it's pouring rain. Ah, that makes more sense (regarding being done burning versus gathering firewood). I had a difficult time picturing you being done collecting firewood for the year. I'm still burning intermittently and with several nights coming up in the low to mid-thirties, will still be doing so for at least another week. And you make an excellent point. I always looked at my firewood as being like having money in the bank, but with the craziness of the last few years, even more so now. Worse comes to worse, if I have an excess, I can easily sell some for cash.
It's time I get splitting some maple, I'll start with the maple not pictured but down the trail from the maple in picture 2986 (I'll split that second) and then go after all the maple I rolled down the hill in picture 2978.
We talked to 1 lady, she said they hadn't seen 85° since last July... Miz Carol said it was too for her...
And it is not uncommon to see the highs in the 50's during July. We used to get lots of laughs watching those on vacations and also see the beaches empty then. Water in Lake MI is still cold in July. Superior never warms.
I split most of the maple today, I still have more rounds that need splitting. I'm hoping once all the maple is split, we'll get two face cord out of it. Picture 2992 fell over last fall and 2997 is another maple I get on the ground and in the stacks.
