Dead Trees Removed

Above, the trees before they were cut down. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

One project that needed to be done was the removal of two dead trees.

With fire season upon us, no sense in having fuel available to a fire. One of the trees was a pinon pine that was killed about two years ago by bark beetles. The other one was of a different species that had yellow leaves when it was alive. It died about four years ago.

Above, cutting up the first tree. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It took the workers about an hour to cut them down and put the cuttings on a flatbed trailer. I fired up the fire pit to get rid of the smaller branches. Good thing I did as it was a little cold out and rain was in the forecast. The fire warmed us up when we all walked by.

Above, burning some of the cuttings. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

As I didn't feel like cooking, I headed down to the El Rancho Hotel for dinner. The restaurant there was a bit busy. 

Above, after the trees were cur and removed. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It started raining as I was having dinner, but it tapered off while I was driving home. As I am writing this, it started to rain again.