Woke up this morning to see that the temps had dropped to 18. Hmmm. Kind of early for it to be that cold but you never know. Spent the morning enjoying a good book and some leftover homemade beef soup. I made it last night with buffalo meat and locally grown produce including turnips, cabbage corn and carrots. It was even better today than last night. Probably the jalepeno!
Sufficiently nourished, I decided to harvest a little more wood. By afternoon the temp had climbed to 28 so not too cold. Especially once you start cutting and hauling wood. My neighbor had a few really nice birch trees down so I took Jim up on his offer and cut them into four foot lengths and carried them home. I then cut them into 15 inch rounds which I next split twice with a splitting wedge. The resulting quarters are then stacked on the deck and covered with a tarp for use later this winter. This wood will be okay to burn by about February, just when it starts to get really cold.
Champ and I are headed out tomorrow on a weekend camping trip up the Resurrection trail out of Hope. We will be staying in a small cabin with a few others and enjoying the snow. I'll post some pictures when we return.
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