No Power So I Do Some Forest Work Instead

Monday July 17, 2023 Guerneville CA.

No power today

It went off just before I got up, so that changed what I was going to do today which was to work on the van’s electrical fan hookup wires.

Forest work

Instead, I gassed and oiled up the big chainsaw and hopped on the quad runner to ride up into the forest where I knew there were some downed trees across the roads.

First one

I cut this one off the road in quick order.

Then I rode over to this spot and cut up the one behind the quad runner.

This one was a bit more work than the other ones.

Drink of water

I knew where there was a larger one that needed some work so I headed on up to it, stopping at the new spring for a drink of water.

The big one

This one leaned over during a slide last winter and when it rains hard again, it is likely to finish coming down on the road.

Cutting it up

I was working on cutting it up into smaller pieces so I could get it off the road.

It wasn’t long before I had the road cleared so I could proceed.

I knew there was one more but I couldn’t remember where it was. I didn’t find it, but I found two other small ones I had forgot about.

Water tanks

I always stop here to check the water level in the tanks so I know how much watering I can do. With all the rain we had last winter, I can water the yard a lot this year. The tanks were full.

So when I got home, I turned on some sprinklers.

Kayak

My kayak has been up on the van’s roof since I got back from my trip. I needed to take it off and haul it over to the car I bought a couple months ago. I need to make a loading and unloading arm for the car to help load and unload it more easily.

I have such an arm on the van and am using it to take the kayak off.