Sargie's practicing to be a model on The Price Is Right displaying the wood furnace in a grocery store parking lot.

 July 31, 2018 - Tuesday evening
74 degrees/clear skies/calm winds
Pentoga Road

There are a couple of tired kids on Pentoga Road tonight. Today was all about the wood furnace.

We arrived in Escanaba, Michigan, around 3 this afternoon and did a bit of shopping before going to look at the furnace.



Sargie found a cushion for the back porch swing and along with a bit of hardware, I purchased another LED shop light to hang over the lathe. 

We arrived at the seller's house on time and I found the wood furnace to be as described. There was a bit of negotiating before a price was agreed on and within minutes, we had it loaded and were on our way back home.

The furnace weighs a million, billion, pounds... or at last several hundred. Sargie and I could walk it to the back of the trailer using the two-wheeled dolly, but how to get it down the ramp to ground level was another matter. We were fearful that momentum would push the furnace down and tip over on me.

Only one solution. We used the same principal as mountain climbers by utilizing ropes and friction. Though it weighs hundreds of pounds, Sargie was able to control the descent of the furnace as I walked it back and forth down the ramp. 

We had our showers tonight and are settled in for the evening watching America's Got Talent. Sargie works a long day tomorrow, but is off Thursday.

The weather forecast for Wednesday is calling for rain, heavy at times. I've got several projects to work on, some in the shop, other's around the house. In other words, I won't be bored.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...