Wood cutting

Well, we went out yesterday and got our first load of wood. On this side of the Plumas we can cut oak so we got a full load of it since there is so much up in the moonlight fire area that was killed by the fire. Most of it is buck skinned so it's not black and sooty and some of it still has some bark on it like the stuff I'm cutting here. We ended up with a pretty good load, I'm guessing about ½ a chord or a little more but it was a hot day and we didn't bring enough water so I was pretty dry when we called it quits for the day.

The place we are going is not too far from our house, maybe a 20 minute drive, and it used to be a pretty place before the fire but now the under growth is coming back and it's pretty brushy and there are a lot of burned trees still standing so it's not very picturesque or shady. Moonlight Creek runs right next to the road we are on though and when I went over to it I could see some trout in there and it's a pretty creek in a big burned area. Still, there are lots of dead oaks so we will go back in there again today and get another load.