Observations from the Woodshop

We Go Canoeing

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  This is the story of the third day of our adventures, that being the chair and I.  I am involved with this project to build a youth camp on a nearby reservoir, Mud River Lake. They dammed up Mud River, and named it Mud River Lake. Pretty original huh? and catchy too. Anyway, the camp is really a nice place, and I decided it would be a fun addition to this story to take the chair for a ride in my canoe. I built my canoe with some help from my friend Rick, and it is one of my favorite possessions. It’s made out of white cedar, coated in fiberglass,  with cherry trim and caned seats woven by me.
  

  

  Handling with Care

  

  What's going on with Rick's Hand?

I have to admit that it was at about this time I was starting to have some second thoughts as to the wisdom of this idea.  I mean, fun’s fun, but taking a rather expensive dining chair out in a canoe might be construed by some to be a little bit nuts.  I know my daughter Emma feels that way about it.  I’ve never let other’s perceptions of my sanity stop me before, so I proceeded to load the chair into my canoe for a short ride about the lake. 

In the end, it turned out to be a fun day. The chair did get a little wet from my paddling, but we do put a pretty good finish on our work, and with a little rubbing, everything was as good as new. 
 

  

   

   

   

 

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