Alder wood & Tule Peak Timber
Saturday morning MickeyD and I poured a thermos of coffee, made some sandwiches and headed for Tule Peak Timber to buy some fresh alder slabs. The drive was well over three hours long but was well worth the time. Rob Durfos met us as we drove our truck onto his property. His genuine friendliness and excitement about wood instantly led to a tour of the mill where the alder was being cut, the huge stacks of drying woods and his work shop. The clean mountain top air mixed with the heavy scents of cut wood was perfect after the drive there. What an amazing place! Logs piled high waiting their turn at the mill soon to be many thousands of board feet of lumber of every kind. Rob led us from one...
