Monday, December 07, 2015

Up the Oak Flat Trail

The Kadizzles are up early.  Today the plan is to go up the Oak Flat trail with Cliff.  Cliff is a camp hosts that likes to hike and he volunteered to help us clear brush on the Oak Flat Trail.  More good news is that the road crew will soon be working on the access road.  Last year we put a lot of work into the trail, but it still needs more.

Yesterday we restocked some groceries and hope to make it until we leave for Christmas.  Gordon stopped by.  Gordon is a host.  Both Gordon and Cliff were old sea going merchant marines.  Gordon just barely missed signing on to the Edmond Fitzgerald just before it sank.  The people we meet are usually people who are living or have lived very interesting lives.  There are those with a sense of adventure, and those with a sense of what channel to watch on television.

Our boss gave us some tools to work with.  My eyes about popped out when Kadizzle saw the crosscut saw he gave us.  Maybe I can get a picture today.  You could cut down a redwood with it.  The blade is about five feet long.  Working for free I am not sure our crew will be cutting any trees down over three inches in diameter. However, if a huge tree blocks the road and Kadizzle cannot get home to dinner, we may give the saw a try.

The two little electric heaters have us at about at pizza cooking temperature.  The day looks pretty good.  Now it is time for one more cup of coffee.

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