Wood-Bearing Errands

The snow we've had and the cold weather accompanying it means we've been burning firewood faster than we've hoped in order to keep the living room warm. Today, with the weather pretty decent, Lisa hooked up the utility trailer to the Big Orange Van and we headed off to Big R in Fallon, where I knew they were selling firewood by the half-cord bag. (Nobody in Fernley seems to sell firewood. Lowe's sells lots of pellet-stove wood, but our fireplace burns cordwood, not pellets.)

( Shopping for Firewood )

When we got home and stowed the trailer, we covered the sack with the plastic sheeting to keep the wood dry. We'll move it as necessary to the wood box. In retrospect, it appears that maybe we shouldn't have bought the more expensive juniper, which some sources are telling me burns too hot and too fast compared to the less expensive fir. Sigh. When I can scratch up enough money, I'll pay the place from which we bought last year to bring us two cords of pine, which would save driving over to Fallon to get the wood in the first place.