Great Vacation Finds

This week Allyssia and I got away from the farm. It is our one year anniversary so we decided to take a nice little vacation and go to the Fryeburg Fair and then into Vermont to the Robert Frost Mountain Cabins where we went for our honeymoon.  We have been fortunate that both times here at Robert Frost it has been beautiful weather and the owners Marty and Carrol have been extremely welcoming and kind to us. 

They even remembered it was our anniversary and adjusted their sign on the drive in to welcome us!  The scenery is just amazing here and with the leaves changing the mountains are ablaze with colors. 

Each cabin has a screen porch and we have been able to eat dinner out on the porch and enjoy the view.  They also know the area well and gave us directions to a nice little hike with the nicest panoramic view.

Allyssia especially is in love with this place and we will most definitely be coming back for years to come.
                               http://www.robertfrostmountaincabins.com/
                          Be sure to check them out! You wont be disappointed!

Backtracking a little bit to our first few days of vacation where we were at the Fryeburg Fair.  We went on Monday to watch the Woodsman Day activities which includes different things like the springboard chop, the modified chain saw, and skidder races.  After watching quite a bit of the woodsman show we wandered through the vendors.  This is one of my favorite things at the fair because I enjoy talking with all the vendors.  I was naturally drawn towards the woodworking section of the vendors and while looking at some high end wood-splitters I was approached by the man running the booth.  He came over not to sell me a wood-splitter but to try to sell "The Log Ox".  After looking it over and playing around with it Allyssia finally decided that I needed one and decided we would take it.  

So this is the basic tool with no extras.  As a fair special I got the extras to make it into a cant dog and also into a timber jack. It is supposed to replace having a birch hook for lifting logs onto the wood-splitter and hauling them around. It also has an optional belt hook that I will soon be getting because I think that it will be extremely useful.  

One of the best parts of the "Log Ox" is that it is made in the USA with USA made materials and the wooden handle is made in Maine.

Here is the base of the tool in use.  It is surprisingly easy to use one handed and Allyssia even likes it, even though she wouldn't let me get a picture of her using it.

It also has a pin on handle to make it into a cant dog as well as a pin on timber jack.  The handle is shorter than most timber jacks but it is still very versatile and easy to use.  I haven't had much time to play with it as we are still on vacation but the little work I have done with it I give it a five star rating. Check them out online, I don't think that you'll be disappointed.

https://www.thelogox.com/ 

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