working hard, but hardly working.

Friday afternoon, Devin, Clara and I headed under the house to install insulation. The crawlspace is only about 1 1/2 feet high, so it's quite snug under there, and not the most fun thing in the world. An hour and a half was enough for the day.


In the evening, Devin and I went to his previous employer, Windfall Lumber, where he has bartered to get access to the building during off hours. We started working on cutting boards, made from Alder and Madrone. Friday night, we got the boards glued together, and sat them aside until they dried and we could work on them later.


Yesterday morning, Clara, Devin, their roommate Dave, and I went to Tacoma to pick up their friend Shannon, and headed to Tiger Mountain to get in some hiking. The weather was awesome, but the trails were confusing.


We did about 10-13 miles of hiking, without any major outlook or summit. I was a lot of fun, and a few birds were sited, including VARIED THRUSH, HAIRY WOODPECKER, and BEWICK'S WREN. We also noticed this ree that when uprooted, lifted a pretty large rock with it.


Last night we celebrated with some Vietnamese food and booze. We played some Apples to Apples in the living room, and did not make it to 11pm. This morning, Devin and I went back to Windfall Lumber to check on our cutting boards. I used the belt sander for a couple of hours getting them smoothed out a bit. Then we epoxied areas that needed it. It is kind of a slow drying type, so we'll have to head back tomorrow to finish them up.