The Cutest Lumberjack ever! This is at Matts first project, took them 7 days to an 8 day project (they worked LONG hours!) in the mountains of Weber canyon. He is on the third project now in the same area. I like the shorter projects and hopefully they will continue to be 3-4 days. We have been really lucky and gotten a lot of rain lately so no fire calls yet. Here he is posing with his daily companion "Daisy".
They work in pairs or threes. This is Matt with his "swamper" Hyland (He calls them all by there last name so I don't know his first name! I'll update it when he gets home). You can see in the background what they do with the trees that they cut down. All the brush and limbs get stacked and then the bigger pieces get put like a tee-pee. Then in the winter when there is tons of snow they pour a chemical on it and burn them up! Things you don't know till your husband gets paid to do it!
These are some of the rigs for his crew. There are usually 17-20 people on these projects. And sometimes they overlap with other crews as well. So far Matt really likes the job. Its hard when he is gone but then when he is home we get some quality time.
Math is continueing to keep me busy and work isn't bad either. Kathy (Our landlord/roomate) is leaving for Bolivia tomorrow for two weeks so that will be nice. We really like living here and the cheap rent but its hard mesh two households and budgets and expectations. So I will be excited when we get our own home.
