David and Vanda were trying to come up with a better way of loading up the woodbox behind the house, tossing around ideas for using a leftover piece of plastic culvert. They proposed cutting it lengthwise in thirds and sliding wood down from the driveway. Further investigation, including a trip into Port Loring, produced a variation on that approach - a 20' section + the existing 8' piece as the wood slide. On Monday morning, David and I went into PS and picked up said culvert with the Whaler trailer. It took very few 4-wheeler trailer loads of wood to fill the woodbox, about 2.5 cords. Doing that with the wheelbarrow or hand-truck is a whole lot more effort !
While at the Building Centre, I also picked up a couple of 10' pieces of pressure treated 2x6's and did some deck repair yesterday. I'm getting old and weak. Carrying the table saw is about my limit. I didn't even try moving the miter saw. I used the battery powered saw to do cross cuts.
While ripping the 2x6, I remembered doing all the horizontal battens for the barn without the benefit of a table saw. What an idiot or an amazing achievement, take your pick (more likely the former).
Kylie and Jesse left mid day on Monday, but not before we got a family picture ...
It was close though. I'd planned to do this but forgot. Sandy reminded me. Then Matthew had a minor melt-down but Vanda worked wonders, getting him smiling again. Kim Davies did the honors, taking the picture, rather than me setting up the tripod etc. (technical note, the on-camera flash did a very good fill flash job. There were a couple of pictures taken without flash and faces were dark).
David had intended to leave on Monday but they were having so much fun piling wood (kidding) that they stayed overnight and left at 6am on Tuesday. He was on his way to work; Vanda would have taken the car home and then picked him up later.
Stef and Aaron had on last paddle and left before noon. Sandy went to Parry Sound shortly afterwards and did some grocery shopping. Before all that, I did 30+k on my bike, trying to maintain some semblance of in-shape before my 1000k on the weekend and then, of course, 1200k in France.
The Reading gang will head out on Thursday morning; or at least that's the current plan. Plans are always subject to change :).
Onward !
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