Alta!

We drove up to Alta this morning and hung out for most of the day. After stopping in Colfax and almost (oh so close) buying a Stihl 270 chainsaw, Chloe and I reinforced the dryrotting pilings of the cabin with pressure and preservative treated wood,


and then I got down to the serious business of chopping up one of the felled incense cedars. The arborist had cut down two cedars -- one living and one long dead. I started on the wet wood and got rejected by the sap laden dense wood; it took all of my effort and a big lumberjack swing just o put a dent in these things! By contrast, the dead cedar was really fun to split -- the rounds were light and practically leapt apart with any of the axes. The best part was the strong cedar smell though; it felt like I was in a japanese Buddhist temple. Heres me getting into the spirit of things in a moment of Zen