I've been busy.....

On August 8, 2011, around 5 o'clock PM, as I was closing up the cabins and getting ready to head back to Springfield, a sudden squall tunneling down the holler behind the cabins.

I was inside the B's Nest and I could hear the wind howling, tree branches hitting the roof, and I could see the wind blowing the heavy rain almost horizontal.

I was debating where to take shelter, should I go under the cabin or hide in the bathroom. That's how spooky it was.

I heard a loud crack, felt the cabin shake and several heavy thuds. I knew something had went down. I looked out the front door and saw a huge limb in the street about where I usually park my Suburban. But, because Ganey had left earlier, I moved my car up to her parking spot.

I was congratulating myself on my wisdom in moving my car because the limb would have surely fallen on it and, of course, I only have liability insurance.

I walked into the kitchen to get a drink and looked out the kitchen window.





Son Jim and I cut tree and got it off the road. Neighbor Jack and I cut the stump out of the deck and I rebuild the deck.





The trunk of the tree is about 20-25 feet long, straight oak. Make a great beam if someone wants it. We dragged it out of the road with a chain.










The deck looks different without that tree there. The repair job turned out nice. It took me all day to do it.