Category Archives: Chainsaw carving contest

The rest of the carvings

We’ve been home from our trip for about 2 weeks now, and it’s time I posted the rest of the finished chainsaw carvings. In order from left to right as positioned in the recreation field, here are the major works: … Continue reading

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Sunday, June 14 – And the winner is…

  So much happened today, it has been difficult to capture and organize it all. There were actually 12 winners here today. All of the carvers produced marvelous work! Monetarily, each carver receives $1,000 for participation. There are larger awards … Continue reading

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Saturday, June 13 – 3rd day of contest

Our schedule today was much like yesterday’s. We went up to see the progress on the carvings at about 10am, had lunch at Subway, rested, watched the contest from 4-6pm, and took lots of pictures. One of the carvers cut … Continue reading

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Friday, June 12 – Day 11, 2nd day of contest

Paul checked the mileage to 1666 E St on the GPS unit. Coincidentally, it’s 1,666 miles! We’ve fallen into our routine.  We went to the carving contest at about 10am again, after a breakfast of something called “tea biscuits” from … Continue reading

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Thursday, June 11 – Day 10, start of contest

Most of last night’s neighbors were gone by the time I woke up this morning. They’re all so focused on getting to Alaska, they couldn’t stick around 1 more day to see a bit of the carving contest! We went … Continue reading

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Wednesday, June 10 – Day 9, to Chetwynd

We scratched the back bumper of the motorhome when hitching up the car this morning. Paul said it was his fault for looking in the wrong mirror, forgetting that objects are closer than they appear. I said it was my … Continue reading

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