Firewood was at a premium these days and while Clint figured he had enough for the winter, this last load would be the extra insurance that would make him comfortable. His propane supply on the other hand was what he was uncomfortable with. A few years back, he and his wife Kathy had installed a large propane powered generator and had not one, but two, five hundred gallon tanks brought out and filled up. It was a huge initial expense, but for cooking and hot water on top of the other things the generator could power, propane had been a good choice at the time. He always kept one tank filled as he slowly drained the other. Unfortunately over the last year, propane started to become more and more expensive, and the waiting times for the companies to actually get some of the fuel to come out and fill up his tanks started getting longer and longer. Finally the last local company had shut down, and he wasn’t able to find anyone else to come get his tanks topped back off.
