Logging - North Dakota Style

Mark M · June 17, 2003, 09:08:41 PM

Last Saturday my son Aaron and I decided we were going to do a little "logging" so we loaded up the truck and headed to the nearest forest near Amidon ND, about 200 miles away.

We had a great day and met some nice folks at the Logging Camp Ranch. This fall we will be going back to do a little logging and sawing (but no milking). Here is a link to a little picture story about our day and what us "prairie dogs" have to go through to go logging.

Mark and Aaron's Logging Adventure

Click the "Next" button to page through the pictures. You can select the picture size at the bottom of the screen.

Mark

Mile 50 and no trees in sight

We finally found some

CHARLIE · June 17, 2003, 09:43:58 PM

DanG if that DonT remind me of South Dakota. Mark, 195 miles is a long way to go to see a tree. I think I would have stopped and cut down some of those telephone poles or fence post and made boards outta them. :D

shopteacher · June 18, 2003, 07:28:46 AM

That's quite a show Mark. Spent some time in S. Dakota while my brother was at Ellsworth AFB and it looked pretty much the same as your pictures. Stopped at Wall Drug on one of our trips and that was quite a site also. You look pretty close to the smileys on the forum in that yellow hardhat. Thanks for the pictures, enjoyed them.

Bibbyman · June 18, 2003, 07:45:46 AM

Sure don't want to show those pictures to Mary or else she'd be wanting to go. ;)

Why didn't you just take your mill along and bring back the boards?

Mark M · June 18, 2003, 08:08:59 AM

Shopteacher - yep it is a lot like the Black Hills except it has the Badlands as a backdrop. It don't get no better

Bibby - That's what I am hoping to do this fall. This fellow has some cabins he rents and he wants to build a new one. He just cuts 2 sides of the log and then stacks them up. I told him I would come out and saw them for him in exchange for some logs for myself.

The Logging Camp Ranch is a really nice place if you want to get away from it all. About 20 miles from the nearest anyting. Out there the ranches are pretty big so in many places you can't even see the next one. They are going to have a Blue Grass event on July 26th with some music, cowboy poets, beef and bison to eat, etc. I think I'm going to go.

Mark

Weekend_Sawyer · June 18, 2003, 09:12:51 AM

Well presented Mark, Thanks for the show!

Bro. Noble · June 18, 2003, 09:47:34 AM

Hey Mark,

I just had an idea. If you like logging and sawing and trees and strange looking chickens and bluegrass-----wait a minute, what was that about milking--------no milking? NO MILKING !!! ------never mind.

Noble

chet · June 18, 2003, 07:31:16 PM

Goosh DanG it Mark I wood of thought you would have headed east. Dars all kinds of trees in dat Minnysota land. ;D

samone · June 20, 2003, 09:39:26 AM

:-/
I sure did wanna look at those pics but there was no "next" button anywhere on the page - except "next topic" - so I tried that and got a look at a lot of grandkids but now "lumbering" whatever.
Is it possible that I don't have the complete download here? Maybe some software that I didn't that I shoudda or something? I mean I've looked things over carefully and it's just not here - how do I look at the rest of 'em?

Thanks
Sam Sayger
Hernando, MS

Mark M · June 20, 2003, 09:50:11 AM

Hi Sam

I think you might not have clicked the link. Click where is says "Mark and Aaron's Logging Adventure" in bold. That should take you to the page where the pictures are. At the upper right corner is a Previous and Next link.

Good Luck
Mark