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This page shows the history of logs at a navigation aid we call Pier One on Caterpillar Island. In 2006 there were no logs of any kind near Pier One, because I try to keep the island beach clear of large logs. However by January 2007 a tangled tree washed up on the beach and became partially buried. In August 2007 I was able to cut most of the branches off and have a bonfire with my friend Barry and his wife. The buried portion of the log remained. Then in January of 2009 a huge double trunked tree floated down river and caught on the remnants of the buried tree on the beach. Over time visitors to the island cut limbs off to burn, drew pictures on it but the tree remained. In November of 2010 I finally got to work burning off the rootball in a fire that lasted 4 days. That caused the two trunks to separate and when the river levels came up in January of 2011 one trunk floated away, the other remained very close to Pier One. I used a chain-saw to cut part of the remaining rootball off to keep it from being burnt along with Pier One. Then in May of 2011 the river level rose dramatically and deposited the remaining trunk high up on the island, well above the beach. This presented a huge danger to the grassy meadow behind Pier One. If someone burned the tree in the summer it was likely to set the meadow on fire and burn down a large portion of the island. Once we got deep into winter I decided it was time to finish off this log once and for all.
Move your mouse over the thumbnails which are organized upper-left earliest, lower right latest. Hovering over the thumbnail will give you the month and year of the photo.
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