The Clean Up

Saturday, 1.21.12

Of course, Darin gets started right a way.

He had to go to his Dad's first. We store our trailer and little aluminum boat there under nice framed tarps. We had heard from the guy house sitting that the snow had buckled the tarps. There may be damage it our trailer. Darin dug it out and only the tarps and frames were damaged, which aren't cheap to replace. It looks like the trailer and boat are fine. He moved them under his Dad's nice trailer structure since they are gone and we'll have to figure out what we are going to do to protect them for next Winter.

Then he came home and got to work on clearing out the trees. This is what it looked like at the end of the day.

Darin heard chainsaws and a wood chipper going down the road, so he went and checked it out. It ends up that there is a guy on the island with a business cleaning up this kind of stuff. Darin had the guy come by our house and quote the clean up. It was just too much for Darin to do himself. They agreed on a price and they could come on Sunday.

Sunday, 2.22.12

There were 5 guys with their chainsaws at our house first thing in the morning. They got it all cleaned up in a few hours. It looks like our trees will survive. There is just one by the drive way that may be too far gone. We are also thankful that the hedge was not damaged. We really enjoy that privacy. Having the trees severely thinned has already opened up our backyard a lot.

Here is the new look.

I hope this is my last post about bad Winter weather!

I seriously would take any opportunity Darin had to move to the Arizona area. I would much rather stay inside the 3 months it is really hot and have all the rest of the year to live outside, then have the opposite here. I love the NW and it's beauty and relatively mild weather, but I could use a lot more sunshine in the latter years of my life. :-)