If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one at the cabin to hear it, will Nick the 'Coon Hunter learn about it and saw up the wood?

As you can see, a tree has fallen across the dirt road that I must traverse to get to the cabin.

Last year a tree fell across my driveway. A local woodchuck hunter (and landowner) named Nick was walking by as I was surveying the scene, and he offered to saw up the tree when he got the chance.

I offered to pay (really) but he graciously declined. And when I returned in a week, the tree was chainsawed and the logs stacked on the side of the property.

Now it looks like I need Nick again. Sure, I should have just PAID the guy, but I didn't. And then I didn't see him for the rest of the summer. (Maybe he shot all the woodchucks in his field at the end of the road, and had no reason to return).

So removing the tree has just emerged as Task No. 1 as I prepare for the new season. I kind of like thinking about this project . . it suggests that when the road is clear, I can return for another spring at the cabin.

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