gordo07

So, a bit of what's been going on with me. Still in Ruidoso, today is day 9 of a 14 day assignment dropping trees in the scar of the little bear fire. Today I've dropped some of the biggest trees so far in my career one 4 feet across, the other 4,75 feet across. Otherwise been seeing a lot of deer and elk which is...
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Ruidoso is a nice town. As for the assignment, things are going well, we're cutting along the road up to the ski slopes and hazard trees that the fire created. It is pretty tough considering the only level ground is the road, which is also the ground that doesn't slide out from under you as well. It's definitely a somewhat trust in your ability as...
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So, got a call from forest dispatch today, they were looking for a faller b, meaning an intermediate sawyer, which is myself. Most of the guys were kinda dragging their feet or turning it down, so I took the assignment. Therefore im headed out sunday am for Ruidoso NM amd will be falling hazard trees for 14 days (length of all assignments). Sounds like it...
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Well its been white a while that I've really been on here. Mostly been busy with work, but not busy, if that makes sense. The monsoons are well established now, and the desert is green and onf of the scariest desert plants doesn't look as scary thanks to leaves.

Now that everything is green, we were able to burn some slash piles from earlier this...
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Well, things are easing up a little on the work front, at least enough for me to take 2 days off, it the first time for 2 days at a time since April, before that it was 1 in 14. Anyway, on the house front, the garden is going well, we'll see if there's enough grapes for wine this season, also if there will be...
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Made it home from a 34 hr shift on a fire, it doesn't help that our division chief forgot we were out there all night and thought we slept. Then had us sleep in a 110* campground while all other crews that worked overnight slept in hotels. This changes my opinion on fires that all personel and equipment on big wildfires should be federal agency...
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Was on a wildfire and was released last week from it, the same day had an LODD (line of duty death) on the fire. An engine crew we had interacted with prior. Later that same day from the chief that we were to be in the group to escort him home. Rushed to get the engine washed and detailed that night so it'd be ready...
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About halfway thru with this assignment, amd it looks like we'll be here the full 2 weeks, unless we get sucked into the big fire outside Prescott. Otherwise, things are slow, not much flying. On a nice note, I had some people at the restaurant I went to dinner for buy me dinner for being what I am. It was very nice of them, it's...
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Greetings all, I'm coming to you via a hotel room in Payson AZ. currently out here working a fire that got kicking yesterday. Don't know how long it will lat, hopefully the full tour of two weeks, definitely could use the money. Well that's all I have for now, days are long and sunny.

The original by a master:

this cover isn't too bad either

then theres this song

and also these songs that gets stuck in my head on the way to a fire



anyway, been on a few fires, things are getting busy that way, hopefully more so soon.