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.