Riddle: What's The Sign of a Good Sawyer?

thoughts from team member Walter Haugland

On Monday morning we set out on a 30 mile loop drive of the Lake Quinault area with our hosts from the Quinault Lodge and the Olympic National Park. The first stop was a cedar shingle factory in Neilton, a small town about 5 miles from Lake Quinault. Learning about the forestry products industry is integral to understanding the area. Due to a variety of factors, this factory, as most like it, is not running. We got a tour from a watchman named Wally, who showed us around the factory, explained the inner workings of a shingle factory, and talked proudly of the time it was running at full tilt. A key part of learning about tourism in the area is learning about the heritage and what the economy has been based on.

Oh and the answer to my riddle: (What's The Sign of a Good Sawyer?) 10 fingers.

Tools of the trade: saw used for making cedar shingles