Early Season Firewood ...

Tuesday was a beautiful ... warm ... sunny day ...

We were informed about some firewood that had already been bucked up ...

and stock piled ... ready to be picked up ...

Hard to believe that it was T-shirt weather in February ... !!!

We decided to take the trailer down to the woodpile ...

instead of hauling the log splitter to split the wood ...

There were quite a few very large pieces ... we were able to drop the ramp ...

and roll these logs onto the trailer ...

to be dealt with when we had more time to split them ...

We had decided we should pile the wood by the woodshed ...

I had asked Mike to check and make sure that we could drive up the back driveway ...

as it was snow covered ... hard packed and icy ...

Mike thought we should be able to make it ...

WELL ...

we didn't ... the truck kept sliding sideways on the ice ... into the snow ...

Mike was stuck ... the load was too heavy on the trailer ...

to gain any traction ... hence digging himself deeper in the snow ...

"Let me out" ... I did not want to slide down the road ... !!!

Mike then set off the trailer ...

and was going to get the tractor ....

Mike started rocking the truck and was able to drive thru the backyard ...

around the pool and down by the outdoor wood furnace ...

to the driveway ...

What a mess in the yard ...

This momma was not happy ... !!!

Mike cleared some snow and was able to lift the trailer up with the bucket ...

to push it back so that he could latch onto it and drive it to the parking area by the shop ...

to unload the logs there ... and be dealt with another day ...

Thank goodness for the ramp ...

we rolled these huge pieces down off the trailer ...

Then Mike scooped up the runaways ...

and dumped them on the pile ...

That was enough for today ... the sun was disappearing and it was getting cold ...

for me ... it was time to hit the hot tub ... !!!