Kristy and Crew at the Cabin ^..^

Welcome to Critter Cabin  with Kristy and the Crew!

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Our  daily herd of deer that come to see what's to eat! They came several times while we were there. Each time they were very enjoyable to watch!

This is leftovers from a hard days work of raking needles and picking up branches.

Thank you Kristy, Zach, Cassidy and Dylan! You helped out alot.

Pat and Jeff were in another area cutting and spliting wood.

Kristy and her boys!

Jeff ~~~AKA~~~ no commet!

After a long day of work ~ it's time to play for the rest of the day!

 A good time playing horseshoes was had by all!

Even Dylan finally got it figured out.

Kristy and Jeff in a serious match!

Now you can't have a nice big fire without a marshmallow roast!

Just look at the size of those marshmallows!

Pat is thinking~~ if I could only have one of those big marshmallows!

This fire doesn't look hot~~ but it is!!!!

After the fun time at the campfire, inside games was tossing cards into a pail!

Now who was the best!

Well Pat was!

He got 50 out of 52!

Kristy was 3rd! Jeff was 2nd.

Well Zachery, Cassidy, Dylan and Laura was down the line aways.

Before we all left for the weekend, we posed for this FOGGY photo!

The weather sunny was on Saturday, Sunday morning the fog came in. We did take a nice long walk to a part of the 244 acres that was undiscovered! We found it full of lots of brush and small trees. Pat did trim it some, but it will need lots more work.

We all had a wonderful time at Critter Cabin.

 This is what memories are made of. Lots of laughs, stories and food!

Pleases come back to Critter Cabin, Kristy and the Crew!

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A Work ~&~ Fun Outing!

ATTENTION!

Does anyone know what Mountain this is?

 You have to read the rest of the blog to find the answer.

Looks like Spring ~ but it is still winter at Critter Cabin!

Got alot of the limbs moved into piles ready to burn. Josh came to help out alot.

Wow, what a difference a day makes! Just take a look at the last post to see what a mess it was.

These limbs are waiting to be moved to the burn pile.

Another good clean up job in this area!

So many chainsaws and so little time!

Pat and I cut a nice load of doug fir for fire wood. We hope that it will dry before winter next year!

This is the edge of the Owens Property that is part of Critter Cabin. The bare ridge is about the property line. 

Here a Turkey, there a Turkey, everywhere a Turkey, Turkey! Looks like all these were Hen Turkeys.

Pat and I spent the night here at Critter Cabin. The deer came in to get their chips and salt at 4:00 pm. Seems like they had a built in clock as they come about that time everyday. After a long day of working on moving the limbs and cutting wood we had a nice dinner of homemade chili. Played  several games of rummy~ which Pat is still winning, then off to bed.

Now back to the Mountain~~~ It is Mt. St. Helens in Washington.

It's All About Trees!

Off we go to Critter Cabin to finish cutting the rest of the danger trees!

 This blog is dedicated  to a man that has become a very important part of my life and is also a great timber faller!

Good thing! Pat has some challenging trees to fall today.

These two big pine and one large fir are the best challenge for Pat. They will all have lines on them as they lean heavily towards the cabin.

This is the pine that didn't want to fall. With a line on it, Pat faced it up,then it fell in another pine and didn't want to fall so Josh pulled and pulled on it.

Finally it fell! Not much room between the other tree and the shed!

Now to the first big pine. Pat putting a face in it and chopping the rest of it out, making sure that it is perfect.

Wow, what a big difference this will make! We cut some of this pine into logs. We might have someone interested in them. Oh, the limbs on this thing! They are huge.

This is the last tree of the day and the most challenging of them all. It is really closed to the shed so Pat has to make sure and do a good job. Again the high stump is for me and my birds!

Oh, my! Look at all those branches! Anyone want to come move branches?

This was a close call again for the same shed.

John came to help us out for the day. I think that he had a great time.

I just bet that he will be back!

One photo of the area after the trees are down. Sure looks 100% better.

More light for the cabin, and now we won't worry about trees falling on the cabin. and did I say anything about fire danger too!

Now this is Nature at Work!

I have to say that I didn't take this photo. But one person that was there did!

Shame on you John!

We had a great day here at Critter Cabin.

We had a nice lunch on the camp fire, and great friends to talk too. 
I am proud of my timber faller and how good he did today.

I will dedicate this last photo to him for a good day's job!

Dusk is falling on us here at Critter Cabin and a Great time was had by ALL!

Keep following us on Critter Cabin, we lead exciting lives here!

NO Chains Required!

Off to Critter Cabin we go!

The sun is out and time to get some of our trees around the cabin cut.

As we are driving to Critter Cabin we notice that the snow is gone all around the area. We hope that we don't have to chain up around the pond again. There was lots of ice in that area last time. As we travel to the pond area, no snow or ice in sight! Yes!!!! NO chains today! The road is soft from all the water so we make sure that we stay in the road suface and not wander off the edge of the road.

Pat gets started on trees out back by the propane tank. With only a few feet to work in without getting to close to the propane tank. He gets all the trees cut and limbed without any trouble. Josh is there to help him out with a line on the trees so that they make sure and go away from the cabin and the propane tank.

After getting the few trees cut in the back, Pat and Josh move to the side of the cabin and start cutting some trees that lean towards the cabin.

The old saw is still doing a great job after all these years.

 

Pat is leaving the stump high for me. I want to put a bird feeder on it.

After getting all the trees cut and things picked up. Nate and I go for a walk to the pond area to see if there is any deer around. Five are standing by the little pond. We throw rocks on the ice, wow it is still really frozen! The deer start walking towards the cabin, Nate and I decide to leave and head back to see where the deer are going. As we near the cabin, the deer are waiting by the fence. I think that they want their chips! I grab and bag full and walk over to the tree where we dump them. Here they come!

Thanks for the treats!

Oh, by the way, do you remember Split Ear~~my fawn from last year! He is here with me today!

Nate was helping me feed chips. Boy they are really friendly today. The deer came to within 5 feet of us.

What a great way to end the day!

Now if you look close you can see that Split Ear is a Buck. Not good news for him. Maybe, just maybe he can become a pet deer?

We load up everything and get on our way about 5:00. Knowing that dark will arrive soon. It was a great day at Critter Cabin. Pat and Josh cut 8 trees, limbing and also cutting 3 loads of wood. We will try and get back real soon to finish the rest of the trees.

Stay tuned for the rest of the story!

Over the ICE and through the SNOW~Critter Cabin here we COME!

The day has arrived to cut some danger trees around Critter Cabin.

We take off at a early hour in the morning. We have plans to do lots of falling, cutting and piling today. Of course we have to chain up again ~ that is a given this time of year. Seems that the roads are all iced up in the shaded areas. It has been really cold lately so lots of frozen snow along the sides of the road. After arriving at Critter Cabin, we build a fire and unload our food and get our saws ready for the day. The wind starts to blow some ~~ great~~ how can this  be? Guess that we will have to work on trees away from the Cabin.

This area by the pond is always an icy spot. There must be a spring that runs out of the side of the hill. This makes for a scary turn around the corner and up the hill. Be careful Pat and don't fall down on that ice! After this walk on the road, we both put on our cork-boots! Thank God for those boots. Makes it so nice to walk around and not worry about falling down.

The pond is frozen over. I think that we should gather up some ice skates and have a party on it!

Now this spider thinks that Spring has Sprung!! Well, I have news for him~~ NOT YET! He had better hurry back to his chunk of wood to hide in for several more months.

This is Gaylene and Tate. They have come to help with the clean up and to pick up some wood. I think that they had a great time.

Now does this look like a Mountain Man? Josh is here to help Pat cut the trees.

Pat getting ready to fall a tree. As per Doctors orders~~ he is exercising his back and wearing a wrist brace. He fell four nice trees and Josh and Laura cut the limbs up.

TIMBER ~~~~~~~!!!

Tree out back by the Long Drop Lodge!

With all the snow ~ you couldn't hear the tree hit the ground! The poof of snow was awesome though!

Can everybody see the whole moon in this Photo!

Very fun day at Critter Cabin.

 Got lots done, even though we still  have lots of limbs to cut up and haul away. We had a great lunch with some good friends. I hope that the snow stays away so that we can continue to come often to our great little hide out in the woods!