So Frustrated

Sorry I need to vent....How can it be that states are in a state of emergencey because of fires and here I am on one of the best fire crews in the nation and and I am sitting at home.... I don't get it. Everyone I work with is frustrated with us not being on a fire....we are sitting around doing nothing..... I just don't get it. I have a feeling that we are being kept in Southern CA because they don't have any other crews here right now but they also DONT have any fires burning either. But the stupid celeberties have there super houses that need to be saved if a fire by chance starts so we stay here stuck.....grrrrrrrr I hate the politics of my job I hate it.

I just keep sitting waiting for the pager to go off and it doesn't. So frustrating. It makes your days off not even enjoyable because you are always waiting for a fire call and you think one is coming becauses they have called in the military, crews from australia, new zeeland and canada so you think that they would use american crews.

ok I am stopping now because if I don't I will go on for hours because I am so sick of the politcal BS that goes on.

ok So I think I will post a couple random pictures to make this entry better

First picture is of my nephew and me last christmas. He has grown a ton since then and he keeps asking me when I am going to come home everytime I call him. He says that it is time for the fires to be over. He should be starting Kindergarden here any day now. Funny thing is that is will probably have the same kindergarden teacher as his dad did. crazy!!!!




The last two are photos that I have taken here in the park. One is a black and white of a waterfall...I can't remember its name and the other is of a sequoia grove during a perscribed burn.