Firewood Day

Well, the 'crate' stock for the wood burning fireplace at Kent and Blair's finally went up in smoke! This forced a mandatory trip to the woods to retrieve some firewood for the continued enjoyment of this gas flame lit beauty of a fireplace. With the welcomed help of Kyle the 'ankle' Pepper and his burly 4x4 Dodge, we headed out to an undisclosed location near the Ghost River just west of Waiparous, AB about 16km's down a logging road, to load up on free Lodge pole pine from a blow down area on the perimeter of a cut block that was harvested a few years ago. Kent 'smiles' Taylor was pretty vibrant when we pulled up to the jackpot and started gearing up in preparation of man handling a truck load of logs destined for the city and one thirsty fireplace!  Kimmer 'buzzcut' Heidel took charge of the Ryobi and developed a quick love affair with the sexy log cutter and jumped in with both feet first. Kyle the 'ankle' Pepper pulled out his handy measuring tape and sized up the logs for a snug fit into the box of his half ton so we could maximize our payload. Kent 'smiles' Taylor was our designated hauler and made it all happen at the truck end of the project. Nice day out with my Calgary family! More adventures to come.... :)

Kyle the 'ankle' Pepper man handling a couple of 6 footers

Kimmer 'buzzcut' Heidel and one of the baby logs

Gettin' down to business

Lead foreman Kent 'smiles' Taylor and the slave labour Kimmer 'buzzcut' Heidel

The crew

Yep! That IS glare ice on that there road!!

And yes.....it is slippery!