:Already have the book and the plans. but still looking for
: some good wood before I start.

Gordon, Gordon, Gordon....

Just look around you... there's good wood hidden everywhere....

I got the rotten fence wood, waste from a boat build at another shop and some scrap spruce from some crates used to haul plywood... Oh, and someone put some cedar siding out in a trash pile to be picked up at the curb...

In the picture below... it looks pretty grungy...