Lumberjack Wannabes at Grandma's Cabin

We had a few problems felling trees at the cabin. This one fell the opposite way (180 degrees) and crashed on the cabin deck. Fortunately, no one was injured and the deck railing suffered only minor damage and none to the deck or the cabin itself.

Here is Ron and I sawing up the tree. It was a big, tall, and heavy tree, perhaps as long as 80 feet in length! I can't even guess the weight of the tree. It was good that the tree was so long as it fell on the upper hillside of the cabin which lessened the impact and weight of the tree on the deck.

Here is Brock and Drew in the background. We needed to drop the burned trees from around the cabin so they would not pose a hazard of falling onto the cabin in a future wind storm.

It was a lot of work cutting down the trees and then taking off the branches and finally cutting the tree into manageable-size logs. 

Here is another view of the tree that fell onto the cabin's deck. We did have another near-accident tree while the other trees went down without incident, which is good! Drew, Beau, Brock, Mom, and Emily were also there to help clear debris, tree limbs, and move cut-down trees.