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We get the house Feb 14th

I say Transport Away!

They seems to be advertising it everywhere. They say “Don’t transport firewood”. It’s because of the Emerald Ash Borer critter, which destroys the tree’s in the area. They also say they will fine anyone that brings firewood to the park, and want you to buy THEIR wood that they sell in the park. They sell these small bundles of wood for crazy high prices.

Now, I get what the Ash Borer bug does. And that transporting from, and into certain area’s is not great for the trees. But what the parks (IMO) fail to advertise, is that if your already in the area, your free to transport wood as you please. I think they leave this bit of info out, so you buy their firewood for crazy high prices.

Lets look at the Ministerial Order, describing the by-law against moving firewood around, and see what it really says.

First, we need to understand what “”infested place” means. They describe it as “an area described by an item in the Schedule”. If you look at the schedule, item 1 is grouped together as one item, which is everything in the map below highlighted yellow. So yellow equals the infested place.

Next, lets look at the term “pest”. Pest means “the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) in all its life stages”.

And last, the term “regulated article” is defined as “firewood of all species, as well as trees, nursery stock, logs, lumber, wood packaging or dunnage, wood or bark, wood chips or bark chips of the genus Fraxinus (commonly known as Ash), other than ash seeds”.

So, now lets read the order. “No person, except an inspector, shall move or cause the movement of the pest out of an infested place, unless the person is authorized beforehand to do so in writing by an inspector under a Movement Certificate and the person complies with the certificate“.

So, it doesn’t say you can’t transport firewood. The order says, you can’t transport firewood OUT of the infested place. And the infested place is the yellow in the map above. They don’t mean each individual county is the infested place. Since they grouped all counties as Item 1, in the schedule, they mean the infested place is item 1, which is the yellow area.

So if your IN the yellow area, and are camping IN the yellow area, transport away! Just don’t leave the yellow area with your firewood. If your OUTSIDE of the yellow area, according to this order, you can transport anywhere. It doesn’t say you can’t transport firewood INTO an infected area.

So there you have it! Print out the Order, and carry it with you in case someone makes a stink that your transporting firewood. Don’t pay those crazy high prices that the parks try to stick you with!

Things have been fairly quiet in here. A few posts here and there, but it’s time to get caught up on some of the things that I’ve been doing. We’ll have to go back to November to start!

November 27th – 28th – Engaged!

During this time, Tessa was fairly down in the dumps, because of all the unfortunate things that have been happening to her. She was in the hospital in Toronto having surgery. I decided to stay in Toronto, and visit her 2-3 times a day. Little did she know, I also decided to propose to her on Sunday November 28th. We went out for a nice “walk” around the compounds, and went down to the river. That’s when I asked her. You can read the full story HERE. Almost immediately, we started planning the wedding! Good times!

From Engagement / Wedding Photos

From Engagement / Wedding Photos

From Engagement / Wedding Photos

December 11th – 30th Bday Party

Tessa really wanted my 30th bday to be a time to rememeber. It’s a fairly big milestone in peoples lives, and she did a great job of planning it! It started with a privately rented room at Oscar Taylors. I entered the restaurant and all my friends were there to surprise me! We had a great time chatting together, and eating the prepared food. After that, a few of us went across the road to Barney’s and finished the night there. What a great night to hang with my friends. Thanks Tess!

From 30th Bday

From 30th Bday

From 30th Bday

From 30th Bday

From 30th Bday

From 30th Bday

December 25th – Family Christmas

This is my favorite day of the year! Tessa, the boys, and I were able to have our very own Christmas in the morning, before going to my parents house for our family Christmas. Tessa and I put on some nice Christmas music, started a nice warm wood burning fire, and opened our stockings. Then we had a nice breakfast, then opened our gifts. We had a great time together! After that, we went to Tessa’s dad’s house, and we had a small Christmas lunch there, then went to my families house for our family Christmas. It was a busy day, but enjoyed being around people I love.

From 25 – Tessa and I's Christmas

From 25 – Tessa and I's Christmas

From 25 – Tessa and I's Christmas

From 25 – Tessa and I's Christmas

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