Using a huge piece of cedar (kindly provided by John K.), I was able to finally create version 2.0 of the wood benches used by the fire pit. The originals were just a test and were never designed to be permanent. They worked well enough to create version 2.0.
Hey, come on down and sit a spell.
Bench v1.0 (now firewood)
Bench 2.0 (life expentency - 3 yrs)