The White Warning!

Winter preparations are more demanding during my second fall in Island Park. Cabin steps, several porch posts and decking had to be replaced. The exterior needed a coat of stain and a drainage system needed to be installed along one side of the cabin. My visits to Island Park Builder’s Supply are almost as regular as visits to the post office next door. In addition, my neighbor committed to construct a garage this fall and needed help clearing trees. And I still have a few more cords of firewood to cut!

Just to remind me that time is limited; Mother Nature hit Island Park with several inches of snow while I was clearing trees. It was her way of exhorting me to pick up the pace. I feel like a squirrel gathering every possible pinecone before the snow entombs them.

I enjoy logging and cabin repairs but I’m not sure that my body concurs. I found myself anxiously awaiting my order of Bio Freeze to arrive at my PO Box.  I have been away from a gym for too long! I must start lifting again or I am going to drop like a pine that I recently felled.

I am reminded of a line from the movie Jeremiah Johnson. “The mountains got its own ways. Whatever you learned down in the flat will serve you no good up here. You’ve got some work to do.”

While continuing my education, I am hoping for a few more weeks of decent weather before the winter hits. There is a lot of work to do.