April 2004 - Laying in firewood

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In California, Nero's Firewood would deliver a cord of dry, split oak. At Stuart Island, George gave us a big fir log to buck, split and dry.

B.C., Sonora Island George heading off in the skidder	B.C., Sonora Island	B.C., Sonora Island George heading off in the skidder
B.C., Sonora Island At the log dump - about to drop the firewood log in the drink	040407_10,	B.C., Sonora Island Here it comes
B.C., Sonora Island It's hung up on the left end - we dinged the prop pulling it loose	B.C., Sonora Island Leaving the log dump	B.C., Sonora Island Towing it home - it insisted on steering the boat
B.C., Sonora Island Peter corraling the log in Edna Bay	B.C., Edna Bay 040407_21	B.C., Edna Bay 040407_22
B.C., Edna Bay 040407_23	B.C., Edna Bay Tied up at the dock	B.C., Edna Bay High and dry on the beach
B.C., Edna Bay Firewood log from George	B.C., Edna Bay Log and meter stick	B.C., Edna Bay Log and meter stick
B.C., Edna Bay Greg Barlow cutting rounds	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_05	B.C., Edna Bay Setting jacks to roll the log
B.C., Edna Bay 040420_07	B.C., Edna Bay Setting jacks to roll the log	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_09
B.C., Edna Bay The log is rolled - finishing the cuts	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_11	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_12
B.C., Edna Bay Finishing the cuts	B.C., Edna Bay Finishing the cuts	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_15
B.C., Edna Bay Triumphant logger	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_17	B.C., Edna Bay Tree hugger
B.C., Edna Bay Greg splitting rounds	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_20	B.C., Edna Bay 040420_21
B.C., Edna Bay Doug George, Greg Barlow, Bob Howell. I ran into Bob at Lund dock. He and his wife are headed to Alaska. I invited them to stop in.	B.C., Edna Bay Greg in repose	B.C., Edna Bay This is from one round - about 20 trips up the steps from the beach
B.C., Edna Bay After six or seven rounds we have this ...	B.C., Edna Bay ... and this ...	B.C., Edna Bay ... and this.
B.C., Edna Bay Doug sharpening our chain saw	B.C., Edna Bay Doug cutting a round	B.C., Edna Bay Doug splitting a round ...
B.C., Edna Bay and splitting ...	B.C., Edna Bay and splitting ...	B.C., Edna Bay and splitting
B.C., Edna Bay Done. The whole process took him under two minutes.	B.C., Edna Bay We'll tackle the rest of the log in June. The far log is bug-eaten and is going to sea.

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