Do You Know What Burling is?

While Kate was busy traveling the world, I was staying a little closer to home.  But while I was on vacation, after all these years living in Idaho, I finally learned what burling is.

(check out the photo of burling, and my other vacation photos from McCall)

I've lived in Idaho nearly my whole life.  I have friends who are lumberjacks.  I have relatives who work in the lumber industry for saw mills and at Potlatch, but until attending the Lumberjack Competition in New Meadows, while on vacation, I had never heard of burling.  But, my wife and I along with some friends attended the burling competition in New Meadows.

To me it has always been called log rolling.  When did they decide to fancify log rolling by calling it burling?

We watched dozens of competitors of all ages try to knock each other off logs floating in water.  I don't know if it was the entertainment or the type of libations we were enjoying, but it was great family entertainment.

The rest of the weekend was spent with friends in McCall, playing golf, eating, drinking and sitting around the camp fire with a few cigars.  Not as much travel excitement as Kate in Spain but thanks to great friends, still an awesome time.

Enjoy the pictures