Firewood

My brother needed some firewood and I knew a place where we could find some. Our property in Wyoming has several fallen trees that I wanted to get rid of, so we went up for the weekend and went to town with the chain saw. Since I bought the place I have had two big Aspen trees break off at the base and fall over in a wind storm. I guess when the trees are dead and decaying at the base it's hard for them to withstand the pressure. We spent the morning cutting up the trees and then used a log splitter to chop it all up for heating my brothers home.

I remember cutting firewood with my dad growing up. I have 4 brothers, so my dad generally did the cutting and we all carried the logs to the truck to load them. It was very tiresome work when the trees we found were on steep slopes. This weekend we were grateful for the tools we had that made aquisition of firewood a little easier. We cut the dead trees down with the chain saw then cut them in half. Then hooked them to the 4 wheeler and drug them up the hill to the truck and cut them up and loaded them right by the truck - this was a lot easier. Next time though, we're taking the log splitter as well so we can cut and chop before we load. When you get older you have to work smarter.

This had to be one of the most enjoyable firewood outings I've had. The scenery was incredible with the fall leaves all over the mountains in the distance. It was peaceful and quiet up there and a recent rain had cleaned the air and left that nice mountain rain scent. It was hard work, but we had fun.