Sweat
Another summer-like day. Denny worked in the back most of the day, cleaning up the trees that had fallen over the winter. The good weather makes the working conditions nice, but we know it is only a matter of time before a burning ban goes into effect for the Kenai Peninsula. Denny used the bulldozer to haul the fallen trees into the clearing, where he cut off the branches, cut the wood into stove-lengths and burnt the branches. Last week he used a nearby snowbank to extinguish his fire at the end of the day, but it has disappeared since then.
The weather was so nice, Denny built a small fire in the backyard near the porch and we sat out there drinking beer and cooking steaks for dinner. We normally cook out with the propane grill on the back deck, but we have run out of propane and with so much limb wood available, we haven’t been greatly motivated to haul the tanks into town for refill. Later, we put more of the glut of wood to use and took a sauna. It’s not as much fun when the weather is warm, but it was pleasantly debilitating. We enjoy sitting in the dimly-lit cabin and talking while the water heats. Cut off from outside interruptions or distractions, we usually have some pretty good discussions. Denny built the sauna our first year here and until we got the house fully plumbed, it was our major means of bathing. These days, it is more an indulgence than a necessity.
We tumbled into bed relaxed and clean.
"In Alaska.. otherwise ordinary young people own a ten-wheel flatbed truck. Or a crane. Or a wide-blade bulldozer. You never know when they may come in handy." --The Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau
The weather was so nice, Denny built a small fire in the backyard near the porch and we sat out there drinking beer and cooking steaks for dinner. We normally cook out with the propane grill on the back deck, but we have run out of propane and with so much limb wood available, we haven’t been greatly motivated to haul the tanks into town for refill. Later, we put more of the glut of wood to use and took a sauna. It’s not as much fun when the weather is warm, but it was pleasantly debilitating. We enjoy sitting in the dimly-lit cabin and talking while the water heats. Cut off from outside interruptions or distractions, we usually have some pretty good discussions. Denny built the sauna our first year here and until we got the house fully plumbed, it was our major means of bathing. These days, it is more an indulgence than a necessity.
We tumbled into bed relaxed and clean.
"In Alaska.. otherwise ordinary young people own a ten-wheel flatbed truck. Or a crane. Or a wide-blade bulldozer. You never know when they may come in handy." --The Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau
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