July 25th to 27th - 100 Mile House

July 25th - Wed - 100 Mile
We moved the wood cutting process to a field where Marg had several big fir logs waiting to be cut up. Dad picked up each log on forks on the tractor, I marked the lengths with a crayon, and then Terry cut the rounds with the chain saw while Marg & I balanced and moved the log. This puts the log at waist level so the chain saw operator isn’t bending the whole time he/she is sawing. We cut up 3 logs, split them with a splitter hooked to the power takeoff on the tractor and loaded it on a wagon. Marg & I had to play golf at ladies’ night so we only brought in one load. We left the tractor in the field and the load of wood did not allow for passengers on the ATV so Marg, Terry & I had to walk all the way back to the house in very warm weather. A cool shower felt mighty fine!
Did OK at golf considering I have only played once in the last 2 months.

July 26th - Thurs - 100 Mile
Terry went out this morning to bring in some logs that the power company cut down so they would not fall onto power lines sometime. He turned off the ATV to load some pieces on the wagon and the ATV would not start again. Terry & Marg pushed it to the shop and checked out a few things with no luck. So they loaded it on the trailer and took it to the mechanic while Dad & I puttered in the shop.
The ATV had to stay overnight in the “hospital” so we went out to finish cutting the remaining logs into rounds. Dad said there were 5 left but we discovered 7 when we got there. We did take our nice clean truck instead of walking all the way back there! We finished cutting the trees and enjoyed a cool shower again in time to welcome Francis & Nicole and Allan & Cecile for dinner - which we had put in the crock pot after lunch. Lovely evening with great friends!

July 27th - Fri - 100 Mile
Marg & Terry picked up the repaired ATV while I did the breakfast dishes, farm chores and updated a few days on the blog. We just had time to split the rounds from all 7 logs and load them on a trailer, a wagon and the bucket on the tractor before a quick lunch so Marg could take Dad to town to get the dressing on his leg changed. Terry & I stacked the wood that we had brought in and used the ATV to take salt to the cows. We still were not exhausted (close to it!) so we washed the 5th wheel since we could not even see out the back windows. Then we all enjoyed large glasses of iced tea while we rested on the front porch.
We looked at a lot of pictures on the computer after dinner and I will join the rest of the seriously relaxed group as soon as I post these entries!
Dad is doing good. He thinks he should be able to do more than he can but we keep reminding him of how long he was inactive before his surgery and the month (almost) that he spent in the hospital. He can walk way further than before the surgery but has no strength or stamina.