Whidbey Island, Washington
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March 10, 2006
Wow.  What a trip.  I'm exhausted.  It's been two weeks since the Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous in Pennsylvania, finally, I think, I'm recovered.  Both from that and the trip to Montana.  Catching planes, renting cars, shipping chainsaws, socializing, and signing books.   About 200 carvers most of them from the East Coast, but 7 other countries represented too.  My 2nd time, what a blow.  This year the cover of my book Art of Chainsaw Carving was featured on the t-shirt design.  Very cool.  Kind of a rewarding feeling to see all these carvers running around with something I work  hard on portrayed on their chests!  I managed to carve a couple things.  Unfortunately one of my chainsaws fried.  Fortunately, a carver (a couple) loaned me saws.  Very proud of my new chair design.  A chair for two people with a cherry blossom design on the chair back. 

Pennsylvania wasn't as cold as the previous week carving in Montana.  When are they gonna have these gatherings somewhere warm!