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Got 2 days r&r today and tomorrow here in Helena. So today I slept in a little and didn't really get out of the bed until about 10. Then lunch at a pretty good pizza place up here, followed by a flight lesson with a local instructor. In that other than its just nice getting up in the air again, did some mountain flying skills...
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Well survived 14 days in Montana, only got one fie that lasted about 30 min, so did more sawing in one of the project units. Also built some fence yesterday and got bit while stringing out the barbed wire. Hiking into Mann gulch, the site of a fire in 1949 that overtook and killed 12 smokejumpers back in 1949. After that working the weekend before...
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Well, made it to Helena MT, after a short time off I was back on the road. Stayed last night in beaver, and any night in beaver is a good night. Got in after the sun set and pulled out before the sunrise, everything was wet in the morning by the way. All I know is that we're staffing an engine up here for the...
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Well, my assignment here in New Mexico is coming to an end, we came down off the hill early today to clean saws and the house we've been occupying, but first myself and my saw partner are going to get some lunch in town. Then probably we're all throwing in and cramming into a cab to go downtown and show people how firefighters really are....
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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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