Ron, Jo and I were out at THF this morning at 7 am.  Ready to bust through as many of remaining logs as the 3 of us could manage.  The plan was to work until the heat got too much for Ron.  With Ron manning the grinder, Jo inoculating and me doing the waxing, we figured we could make a major dent before we ran out of steam.

We had just gotten into a good routine when Jesse arrived. Once again, to the rescue. With him taking over the grinding that freed Ron to help with the inoculation. And we just kicked it into gear. We took load after load across the stream to stack them in shade of the pine forest. Pallets of twenty-five to make it easier to tag them next week. That is a project for Ron and Don. No heavy lifting involved.

We had to move Jesse’s work station twice to get him out of the sun. Next year we will have a better plan to provide more complete shade. Ron’s plan is to have 1,000 logs out on THF. I figure that by the time we have that many out there, we will worked out all the bugs and each station will be just the way we need it to be. Until Don and Jesse come up with another idea.
We stopped for a quick lunch. Hot dogs on the grill again. Have to admit it was a bit hard to get going again. All 4 of us were tired by this time. But the end was in sight. Then Don showed up. Gave us the boost we needed to make that final push.

And then finally it was the last log we had to get done today. Such a feeling of relief. And Ron had been right about the time it would take us, it was just about 2 pm.

Ron and Jesse took the last load across the stream while Jo, Don and I gathered up all the stuff we needed to take home. We loaded up the trailer to get it all up to the car, hugs all around and we headed home. Ron was staying behind again to decompress and talk with the boys.
It has been a long weekend but such a feeling of accomplishment. Ron is right, this is better than a gym membership. But it will be so nice to go to work tomorrow and be able to sit down while I work.