My goal was to be done gathering, splitting, and stacking firewood to be three years ahead by June 30 (thanks to hearth.com). Well, I was two days off. I finished tonight after work. Now I am ready to camp, fish, crab, boat, and enjoy the summer with my family and grandson! 
I leave for Alaska in about 2 weeks for salmon fishing with my brother-in-law, then in August, I'm off to Minnesota to fish Lake Superior and some other lakes with some other friends, who live there. 
Then, in late August, September and October, fish for salmon, steelhead, and go crabbing here in the great Pacific Northwest, as time allows.
The first picture is the wood in my shed I cut/split for the 2012-2013 winter - about 2/3 oak, 1/3 Douglas Fir, and a few wheelbarrow loads of birch/pine/plum/apricot/maple/arborvitae from my next door neighbor. I have about 3.75 cords stacked and ready to go.
The second and third picture is my 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 firewood, stored at my sister's place. It's oak, ash, maple, Douglas fir, honey locust, apple, hawthorn and some plum. I have roughly 6.25 cords at my sister's place.
The fourth picture is my stacks from a distance. I have the stacks tucked away on the edge of an old growth Douglas fir forest on their property. It's a very beautiful place at my sister's house.
The last picture is in my driveway of mainly Colorado blue spruce, photinia, and some more wheel barrow loads from my neighbor. I am letting the spruce sit out in the spring/summer sun to season up before putting it in my wood shed later in a month or two. It's probably a third of a cord.
All total, I have about 10+ cord, cut/split/stacked. And my friend still has more firewood available from the "Glory Pile". My back hurts, I'm tired, I think I will wait. If some is left in the fall, I'll think hard about getting more. It's time to relax and enjoy the summer, and even burn a few Swedish candles!
Have a safe and happy 4th everyone!
I leave for Alaska in about 2 weeks for salmon fishing with my brother-in-law, then in August, I'm off to Minnesota to fish Lake Superior and some other lakes with some other friends, who live there. Then, in late August, September and October, fish for salmon, steelhead, and go crabbing here in the great Pacific Northwest, as time allows.The first picture is the wood in my shed I cut/split for the 2012-2013 winter - about 2/3 oak, 1/3 Douglas Fir, and a few wheelbarrow loads of birch/pine/plum/apricot/maple/arborvitae from my next door neighbor. I have about 3.75 cords stacked and ready to go.
The second and third picture is my 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 firewood, stored at my sister's place. It's oak, ash, maple, Douglas fir, honey locust, apple, hawthorn and some plum. I have roughly 6.25 cords at my sister's place.
The fourth picture is my stacks from a distance. I have the stacks tucked away on the edge of an old growth Douglas fir forest on their property. It's a very beautiful place at my sister's house.
The last picture is in my driveway of mainly Colorado blue spruce, photinia, and some more wheel barrow loads from my neighbor. I am letting the spruce sit out in the spring/summer sun to season up before putting it in my wood shed later in a month or two. It's probably a third of a cord.
All total, I have about 10+ cord, cut/split/stacked. And my friend still has more firewood available from the "Glory Pile". My back hurts, I'm tired, I think I will wait. If some is left in the fall, I'll think hard about getting more. It's time to relax and enjoy the summer, and even burn a few Swedish candles!
Have a safe and happy 4th everyone!
The Kenai sockeye counts so far are almost double the average the first four days of July. 
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