From the link I posted above, comparing Waterloo to Grand Rapids, it looks like Waterloo is slightly drier on average, but not much. Not sure how he got that wood to 8% unless it was in the barn, which would be warmer and less humid than outside. Or maybe he had it on the floorboard on the way to Woodstock, and the heater dried it out.Backwoods, I thought we came to the conslucion that wood dries faster in Iowa then where you live, what are your RH levels in the summer.