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.

A married man

Well, when we were in Idaho we decided to go ahead and get married since we had 2 pastor friends there and we never seemed to be able to find the time to do it. We were supposed to be there to get the house ready to put on the market and getting married slowed down the process a little but in the end we got it all done. Our friends gave us a "country" wedding, and we all had a great time in the process. Sonny, on the left in that picture was the gracious host and we had it at his house out in potato country. He was one of our pastors. Eric, on the right side was the other pastor and all 4 of those guys had some part in the ceremony. Brad next to Eric played guitar and had a song for us that the lord led him to play and John, next to Sonny led us in communion. You couldn't ask for a better group of people to give us a wonderful memory that will always be with us.

So now we are back in Greenville, married FINALLY, and thinking about getting ready for winter. We still have 5 chords of wood to get in and other things that need to be done before the cold weather starts. Or maybe I should say colder weather starts.