Today marks the day I cut my 100th Red Cedar on this project. It was a great day for it too; there were
clear blue skies, temperatures close to 60, and very little wind. I cut down 15 trees today and the last one,
my 100th one, is the biggest fella I’ve fallen to date. Kind of poetic. It was around 60 feet tall with a base about
the size of my 20 inch bar. The Cedar
fell right where I wanted it to and it was sooo close to being a perfect
cut. I would have gotten away with it
too if it weren’t for those meddling kids… I mean, that second quarter
cut. I went in a little tip heavy—there
was still holding wood in the center, but thinning it out caused the Cedar to
fall a bit sooner than planned. Still,
it fell right on the target Dalton set for me so I can’t be too hard on myself. Gives me something to work on next time!
As you may have noticed I have pictures in my blog again! You can thank my parents for that. They got me a nice camera for Christmas and I
am trying very hard to keep it in one piece.
This is probably the worst project it could have gone on in terms of
potential damage by tool or tree.
Despite a couple scratches it is taking this 11 day like a champ. Thanks Mom and Dad. I’ll try to make it last.
I have a battle scar now.
It looks like I was scratched by something with claws. Maybe I will embellish the story about the
dog and Danielle—make it a mountain lion and I fended it off with naught but a
felling axe. The real culprit is not
nearly as exciting. Bloody thorns… They like to wind their way up trees in this
area and I just happened to activate nature’s trap card when I was preparing
the landing zone for my prized Cedar.
There is no good way to bandage it so I will just have to remember to
wash it out every night.
Well I am
exhausted. Bucking and limbing that
sucker took what little energy I had left.
I had my eye on it all day though so I’m glad I got the opportunity to
fell it. I’m heading to bed happy and
satisfied. Not only did I get my Red
Cedar, I reached the hundred mark AND my team has been talking about videogames
as of late. These are good times
friends, good times.
Photos of me with the tree. Dalton took these on my camera. Awesome work.
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