30 June 2010
60 degrees in the RV overnight… perfect for sleeping. Had to turn on the RV heater in order to entice Chree out of bed. Gotta love the ever-changing Vermont weather. By early afternoon had finished smoothing out the trail down to the waterfront. Proof of workmanship test cases (elderly persons) arriving Sunday. Lunch out by the fire pit drew nary a flying insect. Returned Perry’s saw to his house, then went to Taylor Rental (and local Jonsered dealer) and bought a brand new CS 2240S. Life is good, and then you get a chainsaw to die for!!!! Chree got a Taylor Rental tee-shirt… lucky girl!
29 June 2010
Perry arrived right after breakfast with his Jonsered CS 2250S (translation: a chainsaw worthy of drool). My Sthil 025C (translation: the chain saw I’ve been abusing for the last decade) bit the big one a week ago as Tasi and I were getting in next winter’s Virginia wood supply. Chree and I spent the morning using Perry’s saw to cut up the top of the large white oak that I dropped last fall in order to get a couple of logs large enough to be sawed into shed support beams. Used the pickup to haul beaucoup loads of branches and logs to upland storage piles. As the morning progressed, the pickup got increasingly persnickety about engaging the 4WD. An unplanned trip to G. Stone (local Ford dealer) is a near-term necessity. If that doesn’t work, then I’ll have to visit the local gun shop… Spent the afternoon working on the lower third of the trail down to the lake, widening, leveling, and grading the path to accommodate 86 year old ladies wanting to visit the waterfront. Deer flies were pretty fierce; mosquitoes only a minor nuisance. Dogs spent most of the afternoon swimming, chasing each other through the woods, and generally getting under-shovel.
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4 June 2010
Using US-202 and PA 31 vice US-206 through Princeton saved maybe 10 minutes (longer distance but mostly multi-lane highway with fewer stoplights) on the journey back to Virginia. Was making really good time until crossing the Wilson Bridge in Alexandria… where road construction caused a major bottleneck. Still, the trip only took 8 hours 45 minutes, but would have been under 8½ hours if not for the &%$!@* northern Virginia traffic!!!!
3 June 2010
Rained overnight… the tarp was a little saggy but still standing in the morning. Up to Burlington after breakfast to do a pre-move out inspection on the condo… our tenant is leaving after nine years. Lunch and a brief visit with Alverta. Stopped by Brown’s Crane and Rigging Service in Bristol on the way back south. Pouring the shed’s underground roof and then craning it into position will be quite doable and affordable. Then swung by Lynne & Perry’s to drop off Perry’s special concrete chalk line… and caught him at home. He called Lou Nop in Salisbury, who also owns several cranes. Nop’s and Brown’s capabilities and prices are about the same... and Nop is much closer. Spent the remainder of the afternoon cleaning up and battening down the work site: securely tarped the radial arm saw, properly stowed copious quantities of scrap plywood and 2 x 4’s, dried and tucked away the burlap previously used for keeping the shed footers moist while the concrete cured, put the ladders back in the dock shack, laid out treats and bedding materials for the mice, gave Delores a good scrubbing, etc. Lake temperature now 74 degrees.
2 June 2010
1 June 2010
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