Barnwood Builders - what I love about this show!

  My wife said it best; "That show is porn for guys like you."

  What's not to love about it?
  A great group of guys, doing something they love (don't we all wish we had jobs like that?), in beautiful areas, saving our history and having fun doing it.

  But besides all that, the thing I love most about it is all the memories and shared experiences I have in common with the show.

  These last couple of days I have been re-watching a couple of my favorite episodes.

  Yesterday I re-watched the one that took place in my home state of Missouri.
  One of the cabins featured in the show had been one I had stopped by to see just before the episode originally aired, not knowing it was going to be on the show.
  Mark and I came away with just about the same feelings about the little cabin.

  I recognize the feeling of discovery Mark experiences the first time he sees a new barn or cabin. I to have lovingly passed my hands over logs knowing the skill it took to do the work.
Or the thrill of finding great logs under really bad siding, not knowing for sure what you will get until you have it all uncovered.

  Each time I watch an episode memories of working with the old logs come back; smells, the dust, old paint, making discoveries, finding coins or marbles (even found cat bones behind a wall once).

  Another one I recently watched had the boys having to use ropes to lower logs because the ground was too wet to get their big equipment in.
  Flash back for me; coming up with a way to lower eight hundred pound logs by myself with ropes.
While our methods differed a little, the applied principles were the same and we both got the job done.

  While I will never have all the expertise that Mark and his crew have, I am often pleased with some of the 'ah-ha' moments I have when watching Mark explain something I had discovered also.

  In some episodes I watch Sherman make a notch, and am pleased with how well mine have turned out.

  Most of those guys probably learned most of what they know from hands-on experience. My skills with cabins were learned very much the same way. When comparing what they do with what I have done I am pretty proud of having gained many of the same skills and much of the same knowledge.

  Like most TV shows I like, this one will eventually come to an end long before I want it to. But I am sure enjoying it while I can.