Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Things I've Been Doing Lately...

splitting a face cord and-then-some of Oak and Maple for the fireplace. All split by hand with a double bit axe, an 8 pound sledgehammer, and a wedge. No fancy hydraulic splitters here.

The outside stacks...
All wind-fallen Maple from the yard...


Mostly Oak, wind-fallen...


Oak, mostly dry, but still a little green....


Dry Oak from last year...


Today, Nancy and I went for a ride in the car. She found out about a small waterfall that's a half hour away. We took off around 11:00 a.m. and headed north.
We drove deep into the Chequamegon National Forest, and soon drove past...

And into the parking lot


We walked the half mile path through the woods, over 5 little bridges over small streams...


A little more walking path...


Shhhhh.... sensitive plants...


The falls.

6 comments:

  1. I've not heard of this place, but will make it a point to see it now. Thanks for sharing it!

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    1. Nancy found out about it by picking up a pamphlet outside the little store in Grand View. The name of it escapes me now.

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  2. Lover's Lane, parking lot in the forest... you never get to old for this, do you? I mean hiking of course.

    I wonder what that waterfall might look like in after the snow melt. Please revisit next spring ;-)

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    1. The amount of water going down the falls was less than I had hoped for, but we've been pretty dry the last few months. I think we'll go back in the spring.

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  3. Fun! Okay maybe not so much chopping wood, but at least it is rewarding.

    The walk in the woods to the waterfall looks like a lot of fun though.

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    1. I've heard wood heats you 4 times... once when you down cut the tree down, once when you split it, once when you stack it, and again when you burn it. I worked up a good sweat splitting it!
      A little side trip was just what we needed.

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