Summer Cabin Project ~ Winter Storm

The winter storm that blew across the interior of Alaska left its mark all over our town. We are not accustomed to winter storms with wind gusts up to 40 knots and neither are the trees. If an old spruce or birch tree was ailing it did not make it through the night. By the next morning there were trees downed all over town, some of which landed on power lines, houses and sheds. Power outages left homes and businesses without light and heat for several days. Part of our neighborhood was out of power from Wednesday early morning until the following Monday morning.

We had five very large spruce trees at the property that gave it up. Two of which were just off in the woods, two landed where they could have been a problem but were not, and one landed in our neighbor’s yard. We were not expecting to have to run the chain saw this winter but there is no time like the present to take care of business.

Our oldest son took the lead with the chain saw, which is back breaking work, and mastered over those trees.  Thank you Drew!

Our strong Bear, his girl Colleen and her sister Shannon! Thanks you guys for your help and company! I enjoy you!

Guess who bossed Francesca (my car) up the driveway? Me! Did I mention the foot plus of snow on the up hill driveway? Well I should have because this is a big deal... for me!

Quick work was made of the days task and two trees are limbed, bucked, stacked and burned.  Just in time to watch the full moon rise over the ridge.  It was a great day and a beautiful evening!

Enjoy your Tuesday everyone!