I’ve been listening to the Elder Scrolls sound track to get myself
hyped up in the morning—particularly the intro piece to Skyrim. Feels fitting with all of the adventures we
go on day in and day out! I had an
instance the other day when we were wrapping things up. I had to relinquish my handsaw and it felt
very similar to Aragorn and his companions having to surrender their weapons in
Edoras. I wonder if they felt as naked
as I did…
On a Shakespearian note, out, out damn spot! My camera’s lens has a mark that darkens the
more it zooms in and no amount of scrubbing will make it go away. If I don’t mess with the distance it just
looks like a smudge, which is discreet enough to pass undetected in my
photos. I will have to see if there is
any sort of warranty on it; I mean, might as well take advantage of my options,
right?
So, not many pictures today, but we did have a change in
scenery. We went to the Riney Tract to
fell Red Cedars. I was a little rusty,
but I attempted an open face cut under Steve’s supervision. An open face cut has two 45 degree cuts so
the tree falls further before catching.
Unlike a regular face cut, the back cut comes in right where the two
angles meet as opposed to above it. I
ended up cutting too low but a sudden gust of wind pushed the Cedar right over
an inch and some change of holding wood.
It went right where it was supposed to—it just did so prematurely. I navigated that escape route like a pro so
no harm done.
To celebrate a
good month’s work we had dinner at Lambert’s.
I am so full that if I don’t lie down I think I’m going to be sick. Does that make sense? Props to the server trying to pass off
black-eyed peas. He was a hoot. Ugh, going to go lay down. Thanks for the great month team orange, it
was a blast! Until the next adventure,
take care friends!
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