| Trip 90 - 2024/09/29 - 2024/10/01 |
Day 1:
- Brought all the herbs and loquats up to the mountains from the
house.
- We planted all the herbs and loquats in the farm at the
mountains.
- We burned the growing pile of weeds and leaves.
Day 2:
- We cut all the Poison Oak trees at A.
- We started to burn the three main stumps.
- I brought what was left of the piles of weeds and leaves up to
the burning stumps.
- We raked leaf litter and also cut a bunch of understory trees.
Day 3:
- We cut even more understory trees.
- Dad raked a bunch more leaf litter.
- The Poison Oak stumps were nearly gone by the time we left. |
| Trip 89 - 2024/09/26 - 2024/09/27 |
Day 1:
- Brought up almost all the loquat trees in the trailer.
- I put in the eight biggest trees into holes I made the
previous trip.
- Dad made a trail from the city trail that led to the trail to
one of the points on the mountain.
Day 2:
- Dad cleaned the entire trail up to the mountain point.
- I put in the rest of the loquat trees.
- Dad nearly finished clearing A to be ready to move the buses.
- I put in the Ukon that we also brought up. |
| Trip 88 - 2024/09/16 - 2024/09/17 |
Day 1:
- We brought eight large loquat trees to the mountains with the
trailer.
- We made the holes and planted them on the hill bordering the
farm.
- Dad raked out the potash pile at the farm.
- We brought all the small cypress logs to the homestead.
Day 2:
- I made eight more holes for more loquat trees.
- We moved all the large cypress logs to the homestead.
- Dad raked the rocks from the burn pile onto the road. |
| Trip 87 - 2024/09/05 - 2024/09/08 |
Day 1:
- We burned all the farm border logs.
- We moved all the logs bordering the road, off the road.
- We burned the understory trees I cut last trip.
- We cut a bunch of understory trees near the farm.
Day 2:
- Mom got a text from a politician we have been trying to meet
up for awhile, that her friend from the UK was visiting this
island and that she wanted to meet us.
- Before she came, we cut a few understory trees near the
homestead.
- She came around 11 a.m. We talked for a couple of hours. We
then went to Urada beach with her. Then at night, she came back
along with the politician.
Day 3:
- Dad weed whacked the farm hill, behind the farm, and the road
leading up to it.
- I raked up one side of the road and burned the leaves.
Day 4:
- We cut a few trees close to the farm, and all the logs
bordering the street.
- We moved the cut logs to a place further down the road.
- Dad cut some cypress logs to bring home.
- We raked out a pit near the farm. |
| Trip 86 - 2024/08/31 - 2024/09/03 |
Day 1:
-A box fell off the trailer while driving to the mountains and
we couldn't find it.
- Hauled a bunch of wood and cardboard up to the mountains with
the trailer.
- We started to burn the piles of weeds from the previous trip.
- We raked out the huge pile of potash at the entry of the
mountains.
- We burned all the understory trees I cut awhile ago.
Day 2:
- Dad cut down some dead trees with the chainsaw.
- We started a third burn pile.
- We raked the entire road up to the farm.
Day 3:
- We finished cleaning the mess of trees the chainsaw made.
- We cut more understory trees along the road.
Day 4:
- We finished raking the excess leaves on the road.
- We took the border logs off the farm hill.
- We brought home some herbs from the mountain.
- We cut more understory trees along the road.
- Some city workers came to tell us that we had to report if we
were cutting a large area of trees. |
| Trip 85 - 2024/08/25 - 2024/08/26 |
Day 1:
- Went to the Nishinomote Gun Festival.
Day 2:
- There were already strong winds from the coming typhoon.
- We cut all the banana tree leaves.
- We pulled a ton of Shiso and weeds out of the ground.
- We ripped all the bitter melon of the deer net.
- We moved all of it to the parking area next to the farm.
- A couple of offshoots from the typhoon poured rain on the
mountains.
- We ate lunch in the Hi-Ace. |
| Trip 84 - 2024/08/20 - 2024/08/23 |
Day 1:
-Began to really clean the road.
- Made a huge burn pit.
- Cut a large dead tree.
Day 2:
- Dad weed whacked the entry to the mountains.
- Dad weed whacked past the bamboo.
- We raked up most of the mess made from the weed whacker.
- We took out a lot of dead bamboo and burned them.
- We finished raking one side of the road.
Day 3:
- Finished cleaning the entry to the mountains.
- We took out even more dead bamboo.
- We began to rake past the poles.
- I worked alone because of the blisters on Dad's feet.
- I cut a bunch of understory trees.
Day 4:
- Finished taking out all the dead bamboo.
- Cut more understory trees along the road.
- We made the burn pile huge. |
| Trip 83 - 2024/08/15 - 2024/08/16 |
Day 1:
- Began raking the entry road into the mountains.
- Raked almost all the way to A.
- Made a bunch of burn piles.
Day 2:
- Finished raking the road from A to the campsite.
- Made more burn piles.
- Went to the beach.
- The waves at Urada were huge. |
| Trip 82 - 2024/07/16 - 2024/07/19 |
Day 1:
- Brought the kayaks to the mountains and went kayak fishing for
the first time as Urada.
- We practiced flipping the kayaks.
- Dad caught 2 fish.
- Dad caught and released 2 eels.
- For some reason Dad's kayak was filled with water in the
hollow inside.
Day 2:
- Did a lot of work on the back of the ridge trail.
- Did work on the other side of the road.
- We ate the fish Dad caught.
- We went kayak fishing again.
- I caught 1 fish.
- Driving home we caught a turtle on the side of the road.
Day 3:
- Did even more work on the back of the ridge trail.
- Did a ton of work on the other side of the road and mage a
huge burn pile with all the logs.
Day 4:
- Dad weed whacked the back of the homestead and the other side
of the road. While he was weed whacking the other side of the
road I raked the area on the homestead that he weed whacked. Dad
also weed whacked the kids play area.
- The pile of burned wood was nearly all ash.
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| Trip 81 - 2024/07/12 - 2024/07/14 |
Day 1:
- Didn't bring kayaks due to chance of wind and rain.
- Moved all the logs off the ridge trail and then moved almost
all the logs to the permanent spot.
Day 2:
- Dad a ton of work on the homestead, by himself, in the pouring
rain.
- The rest of us stayed in the bus.
- It rained all day.
- We went shopping.
Day 3:
- Finished the stuff on the back of the ridge trail that was
manageable with the chainsaws.
- We went home to day which was a day earlier then planned.
- We did NOT go to the beach at all this trip. |
| Trip: 80 -
2024/07/06 - 2024/07/06 |
Day 1:
- Brought a lot of supplies with the trailer.
- Dad started to clean the buses.
- Dad put the black mat in the HiAce and blue bus.
- Did some work on the green net.
Day 2:
- Raked a lot of the campsite and public road.
- Made a burn pile on the public road.
- Dad unloaded the trailer.
- Moved the cypress logs that were near the buses.
Day 3:
- Finished moving the huge logs into place on the ridge trail.
- Dad hung up the laundry lines.
- Mom made 8 sweet potato beds.
- I emptied out the hornet traps.
- I put the black mat in the red bus/my bus.
- Moved the trailer up to the farm and loaded it with pots for
the Liquid Amber trees.
Day 4:
- Did more work on the green net and basically finished the
perimeter.
- Dad moved a lot of the wood that was still on the ridge trail.
- Mom planted sweet potatoes in the 8 beds she made.
- Replaced the hornet traps with 8 new ones.
- Raised a gypsy flag at the campsite.
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