Pioneers were really tough people.

This weekend my neighbor came over and helped me cut down 2 huge pine trees in my front yard, and then he left me to cut them up and dispose of them. Look at the size of these babies 2 storys tall when laying on their side, can you imagine having to deal with them. I spent several days with a chainsaw and a bonfire cutting and burning these trees untill there is nothing left but a huge pile of ashes. The whole time all I can think about is our pioneering fore fathers did this with hand tools to build a house and farm fields, were they crazy or what. The final pic is after one whole day of work.