So taking it easy wasn't working for my back. This weekend I started to do stuff in the yard and that seemed to make my back feel better so I did more and was fine. The short of it is that I have been cutting down dead trees and replenishing the woodpile and my back is just a little whiny. I've kept the runs at a minimum because tree work takes a lot out of you when it's in the 90s. Last night was a tough mile. There is more gardening to be done and more trees to be cut. I downed and cleared three dead pines near our trail and two dead oaks were downed, cut up for the wood stove and stacked.