The Log

Last weekend we started another project. With all of the timber lying around we couldn't resist the opportunity presented to use the available logs to make something cool, so we picked up a 5 foot long and 3 foot across section of an old oak (I think its an oak) that was blown down during Ike. It was lying on the side of the street in front of the neighborhood elementary school.

How did we do do it you ask? Well, let's just say that even though we thought we could use the truck, there was absolutely no machine power involved, all muscle power. We simply went over to Father Jose's house for migrant labor and hired a few helping hands, and rolled this puppy about 6 blocks down the middle of the street, including up and over a railroad grade and into the garage. You can imagine the looks we got as we were cruising down the street pushing this baby by hand. When we finish a few other projects around here, hopefully we can turn it into a table base for the back of the house.