Shopping for a Christmas Tree

One of our projects in December was to find a Christmas tree.  It seems like every winter we're here, we look at every tree in the bay, so you would think we would be able to go right to a good tree.  Wrong!  We still have to look at every tree in the bay.  It's actually very hard to find a good Christmas tree in the wild--as a rule, they're going to be too big, too small, too full, too sparse, too lopsided, too many bald spots, too hard to get to, etc.

Pulling the skiff in to the beach to check out a promising tree

Nope--that one won't do!

Checking for size

Looks like this one will do!

"Timber!!!"

Trying it on for size, even though we're pretty committed now!

This tree even includes delivery

Holiday traffic's not too bad on the way home

Approaching the lodge

Delivery right to the front door!

OK--maybe it does have a little sparse spot--perfect to put against the wall!

Decoration complete!

Custom fit for the wall!