processing firewood is definitely a workout; I ran a firewood business for a year- I was in pretty damn good shape
Yep!
8 cords/year is impressive, kaboku. Are you splitting manually or with a splitter? At any rate, take it from someone who's been doing about half that much a year for over 25 years: BE CAREFUL! Some weird stuff happens with big forces (felling, splitting) and wood.
4-mile hike today. Tweaked my knee a bit down south and re-tweaked it crabbing the other day so we stayed on the trail. Frosty up there. Saw the quail again and a couple grouse. Chloe got birdy again.