Memorial day weekend - P and I packed up the car and hit the road for an extra long weekend at the Blog Cabin! It was a weekend of retail, relaxation and a really fun campfire! Saturday morning the fun began - I woke up at 5:45AM, grabbed a coffee and made my way over to my sisters house to help out with our yearly family yard sale. There was a ton of stuff to sort through and organize - Furniture, tools, clothing, toys, thingy-ma-bobs and whatcha-ma-call-its. The yard sale began at 8AM and our first customer arrived at 7AM! Wha??? We weren't even set up yet! lol. By 9:30 our sale was packed with buyers and we where wheeling and dealing with sales!
Some people would pay for the item as marked (sticker price) and other people would barter which made it more fun and it made whatever they were buying that much more enticing for them once we yelled "SOLD!" We met a lot of interesting people and our overall total was $1,489.00 - my personal total was a whopping $44.00! lol I guess I should have brought more stuff to sell! haha
After the yard sale had ended, the rest of the remaining items were packed up and dropped off at the local salvation army. Overall our sale was a SUCCESS!
After the sale was over, it was time for Blog Cabin fun and relaxation! P and I took a ride to the Quabbin Resevoir and might I say, "WOW!" It was the first time I have ever seen it and it's amazing! Here is some history for those of you who don't know about it:
Quabbin Reservoir is one of the largest man-made public water supplies in the United States. Created in the 1930s by the construction of two huge earthen dams, the reservoir is fed by the three branches of the Swift River, and seasonally by the Ware River. Quabbin's water covers 39 square miles, is 18 miles long and has 181 miles of shoreline. When full, Quabbin holds 412 billion gallons of water.
Here is a sample:
Sunday night was super fun. We had some Blog Cabin visitors who came bearing blog cabin gifts!!! My soon to be brother-in-law and sister-in-law Kathy & Darryl... and a truckload full of dry campfire wood!
According to the wood expert Darryl it was 8 year old dry wood to be exact! YAY - it's time for a fire and family fun! We unloaded the wood in a chain like formation - Kathy, Patti, and I would grab the wood off the truck bed and hand it to Darryl who would then use his professional wood stacking expertise to make the most perfect wood pile I have ever seen! Check it out!
I had no idea there was a system for stacking wood, but look at each end of the pile - perfectly flush - amazing! Also, a little wood stacking 101 provided by the wood expert Darryl - keep your wood pile elevated off the ground to avoid moisture. Also, hickory is the most dense wood. Our pile has a mixture of hickory and maple. The more dense the wood is, the longer it will burn. Darryl can tell what kind of wood it is by the bark on each piece - very cool.
Once the truck was unloaded, we made a quick trip down to Anne's Dairy Bar for dinner and a ice cream. Then, back to the camp to light up the wood and enjoy a nice relaxing fire!
Here is a handsome shot of the wood expert himself! Thanks Darryl! :)
Monday - P and I said goodbye to the cabin and headed home. It was a great weekend and we are looking forward to the next one!
See you then!
J & P
