In between periods of rain this morning we got the rest of the two hemlocks bucked into lengths for sawing, then skidded out of the woods. Have ended up with nine saw logs ranging in diameter from 9 to 19 inches, which should produce 620 board feet of lumber… just slightly less than I figure we’ll need for interior paneling in the waterfront building. Then we took down a 9″ spruce that would have shaded the Sun Room… and was in the way of the trench that needs to be dug for an electrical line running from one end of the walkway to the other. Since we still have Toby’s snatch block and steel cable, used them to take down a 12″ red oak that was, again, right next to where the Sun Room will be and which had a severe lean towards the walkway. As before, Chree did a great job pulling with the Kubota, causing the oak to land right where we wanted it. That tree down, the rain started again in earnest, so we changed clothes and spent a delightful afternoon and some money at the Marble Museum (and Gift Shop) in Proctor. Lake water temperature is 76°.
