If you follow along here, you have perhaps noticed a slowdown in The Kenya Journals as well as everything else I post here.
Here's the reason:
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| Just three miles from my home, this road leads to treasure. |
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| A small part of the decked timber the Forest Service has made available for firewood. |
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| The other side of the decked timber/ |
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| All you need is a free permit from the Forest Service. And energy. Lots of energy. |
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| This is hemlock. Next to birch, it's the heaviest wood available in Southcentral Alaska. |
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| Because of its density, is has 22 million BTUs per cord. Only birch is higher, with 23 million BTUs per cord. |
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| My trusty 024 Stihl saw, still running strong. I have a Stihl 250 Easy-Start, but it won't. Start, that is. |
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| Loading the truck the first day I went cutting. |
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| My sports equipment. |
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| The beginning of the three cords I"m allowed. Not much, but DANG this wood is heavy. |
I went back for more yesterday:
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| It's still a little pile, but it's nearing a half cord. Two and a half cords to go.... |
You know what? I just thought of a way to make this post SHORT so I can get back to cutting wood! All I have to do is post this post-firewood-cutting photo:
