We are going to patch it up for now but have to wait until the lumber yard opens. Lesson learned, always keep spare 2x4's, screws etc on hand...

We'll get out tomorrow for a long day hike instead. Hopefully the roads north of us have improved also.

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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock