Cutting trees

I thought it might be intersting to capture the cutting up of some trees in our woods.

On 5 June Kathie and I decided to cut down some trees that were leaning. I am glad this isn't my job! Even though Kathie isn't in any of the pictures (she was the photographer) she was working hard at hauling the debris away.

Let's start off with pictures of our dog Bailey -

Here I am using my chain saw.

We had to use the truck to pull the top of the tree to the ground.

This is a view looking at some of the cut up tree sections. It always amazes how heavy a tree is. I cut the tree into 2-3 foot sections, and the sections are still heavy!

Charleston, SC - Memorial Day Weekend '09

Kathie and I thought it would be nice to go on a trip, since all of our children are out of the house. We spent the Memorial Day week end in Charleston, South Carolina.

We really didn't know what to expect. The trip was nice. We had a hardtime finding the hotel. We stayed at the Double Tree Hotel, and it was in a very convient place for tourist. The main tourist point is the Open Market. Which is alot like a flea market. A lot of different vendors. Out hotel was right at the market.

We walked around alot, took a horse carriage ride, took a ferry around the Charleston Bay.

This is a view down E. Bay St. Part of it is also known as Rainbow Row because the houses are painted different colors. It's suppose to be very difficult changing the color of a house. You are given a selection of colors to choose from, the city then reviews your choice, comes up with their own suggestions, etc. The houses were at first tenet housing, and someone in the 1930's painted their house, and talked the other houses to do the same. Now it's a tourist attraction.

There were some expensive homes. This is a famous inn, known as the 'Two Meeting Street Inn', which you guessed it the address is 2 Meeting St.

Here is another intersting house.

And here are some fountains we saw.

This is a bridge over one of the rivers (Cooper River) that flows into the Charleston Bay. Expand the pictures and you can see better the cables. An intersing design.