More Carvings

Yesterday was a long day. I spent about 8 hours carving bears and tutoring one of the RV park owners on how to carve a bear in the process. They're paying me to carve them 4-5 bears while I am staying here. They wanted to trade for rent, but since we're leaving this spot within the next few days to go to the coast, it didn't make sense to work for lodging credit. They're going to re-sell the bears in their trading post. I negotiated for a price per bear that seems fair enough. I don't have to finish them with varnish, so it's a bit less work than I am used to having to do.

I didn't quite get the bears finished yesterday, so today I have about an hour or so more carving to do - mostly signs for the two bears that don't have them already. I could have carved a few more, but it took some extra time to stop and walk Lyle through the blocking process and answer questions. It was worth the extra time though because his bear turned out pretty good and he gained some confidence. It was also a good introduction for me to the world of chainsaw carving outside of the shop environment. It looks like it will be fairly easy for me to find work in this field and earn some cash as needed.