Wood Run!

I don't quite know why, but I love going on wood runs.  What is a wood run you ask?  A wood run is when we (my family) go to get wood to heat our home via our fire-place insert.  We used to go up out of Georgetown in the El Dorado National Forest with a wood cutting permit and get wood out of the National Forest.  Now our wood comes from our property.  Most of the wood we have now is solid oak, ponderosa pine, and madrone. 

The wood run was just up to the property, we just split wood from the wood shed, cut long pieces down to size and loaded up the truck with enough wood to suffice us for a couple weeks.  In the spring when we start trimming trees we will split and stack the wood to cure for use in the winter. 

We did have some trials yesterday, first of all the log splitter had a flat tire (which really wasn't too big a surprise), the guiding plate that guides the splitting blade sheared a bolt off and we had to go to the hardware store to get new bolts, and then we broke the pull start string and had to drill off the cover plate that was rivetted on instead of screwed or bolted.  We shall fix everything this week at home and put the log splitter back together next time.

The best part about yesterday was the amazing, pristine, air and sunshine!  It never cleared up down in Sacramento but up in Bangor is was a beautiful sunny day!  But it was COLD!  And another highlight was stopping for breakfast in Marysville at Gary's Place.  I got a great plate of french toast and Dad got the ham and egg special which consisted of three plates - a huge-mungous ham steak, a plate of potatoes and eggs and a gi-normous pancake!  It provided us with two nice meals that day. 

On a not so high note, our cat Hunter has gone missing since early November.  There has been a mean raccoon spotted in the area that is killing for fun, not food.  But we haven't found a body yet, and I doubt we will.  I hope Hunter is just spooked off the property but I doubt it.  We still have two kittens, but I think I'll be in the market for some barn cats in the near future.