The boss and I are going up that way for a long weekend very soon.....I'll stop by and pick you up Jack.....
I remember driving by the house last winter and always thought there was way too much smoke coming outta the chimney even for a start up? I bet its gonna be the same this year.
The first year I got a full coffee can of stuff, now with dry firewood 1 /4 of a can per year might go every 2 years to clean !
Something I noticed when I cleaned the stove yesterday, was the ash was probably 99% ash. I emptied using the ash pan twice, then just used the shovel on the rest, but when I dumped it all into the firepit, there were virtually zero unburned chunks of coal. The old stove would have left quite a bit more. Thought that was interesting, but I'm weird like that.
Once you pick Jack up, we'd love to meet you guys somewhere, anywhere, you end up in Maine. Here would be cool.