Tucking in for the Winter

splitting wood

 

...and cleaning up after dinner

 

 

were only two of the things are latest Wwoofers excelled at.

 

 

Seriously, two harder working, more self-motivated people would be impossible to find.  We never expected to see someone split as much wood by hand as we did with the wood-splitting machine which we had purposely rented to make the job easier--especially as we were hoping to get the wood that I'd chain-sawed cut up and stored for our next couple of winters.  But it happened seamlessly.  And with the weather changing so suddenly, it's a very good thing.  Somehow, I forgot to record Mackensey's effort on film...I mean phone.

We just had our first storm of the season, and when we say storm, we are talking 50-60 mile-an-hour winds and probably some even higher-speed gusts.  One thing folks don't realize about the Oregon coast is just how BIG the winds can be.

 

As a way of saying 'thank you' to the Wwoofers who have made their way thru in 2013, we also share this amazing area in a day trip that takes them to various spots along our coast, especially a location known as "Secret Beach"  as well as a walk in the redwoods just over the state border in California. 

 

 Usually we see seals here that are checking us out as we walk along the beach, but this time we were fortunate enough to see a sea otter swimming from rock to rock, sunning at each stop.  The rock formations and natural land bridges make this place even more of a mini-national park.