Preparing Wood For Summer Trip

I seem to have trouble finding wood to carve when I am on the road...I went to my wood pile and found some bass wood that I bought last year...My band saw will only take up to four inch wood...The wood that was in the wood pile was six by eight...We have a wood shop in the resort called the saw mill...We have all kinds of equipment for wood working...I took the wood to the saw mill and used the large band saw to rip the wood so I could use it on my smaller band saw...I drew and cut out some rough outs for birds...They are very generic so that I can go with what ever song bird that I choose...I have some patterns that I will use for other animals and will rough out some more...I want to have enough to last the five months that we will be gone...There is nothing like sitting in the middle of the mountains and whittling with my thought on the wild life observed around me...I am impatiently waiting to leave...Our plans are still set on May fifteenth for departure...Even Mary Ann is getting ready...She came in from the motor home today and made the statement that she was ready...Today I plan to cut some more rough outs and decide on which project I want to start on next...I will let you which choice I made, if any...Philip