Not all of Mr. Basketmaker’s Redneck Bootcamp is fun and games. One day was reserved for Ben to make some $$$.
Here he is stacking logs that Eric cut from the tree that fell in our yard a few weeks ago…
I’m thinking he didn’t find the work too hard because he would only fill the trailer with about twelve logs, drive to the stacked pile, unload and then go back and pick up a dozen more. After several trips, I realized he just wanted to drive that tractor back and forth! So a 30-minute job turned into almost two hours. And he wasn’t trying to take longer for more $$ since he made a flat rate per job.
After the logs, it was time to pick up all the brush and leaves and drive it out to the woods. He helped us a lot since this was a large tree and last week we were not able to finish it ourselves before leaving for the family reunion in Vermont. So the grass got awfully long.
He liked this job a lot more because he was able to drive the tractor for longer distance.
And here he is, with his pal Jaxson by his side, making his way inside the woods…
His workday couldn’t have been that bad — at the end of the day he was still smiling. Even had time to hangout with another critter friend…
Oh no little frog, watch out! Ben likes frogs!
This frog has no need to worry. He said the legs are not fat enough to fry. LOL!