quick and dirty

Most of you may have heard about the recent deaths of firefighters on some of the California fires.

I was not on any of those fires, however the 18 year old that was killed is the brother of a good friend of mine.

The crew that I was with went back to Alaska yesterday, but I didn't go with them. I got in a car and drove up to Seattle. I will be here until monday or tuesday. Thankfully my sister is here and I get to spend time with her and craig, while also spending time with the palmer family. I have a bunch of friends that are coming in to support rob and his family. It is a tough time for all of us because it reminds us of when we lost our friend Dan in 04. Rob was on the crew with me then and now he is suffering from a similar accident

For those of you who are out there reading this... it you have an extra $52.00 or whatever please dontate to the wildland firefighters foundation.....they do so much for firefighters and I want to help them in anyway that I can. They do more for the families and friends of fallen firefighters than you can imagine.

Im alive

yes I am alive!!!

I am back from the american river complex of fires in CA, it was a good trip, it was different with a crew that wasn't a bunch of hotshots, but it was good none the less

I had two days off didn't do a whole lot, except fly back to Galena.

I am came back to take a class in the morning, and then after that I am off to fly back to fairbanks and then leave again for Cali on tuesday morning. yep I am off again, not as a crew boss, but this time as a crew rep...what is that you ask, well I will be finding out all the details of it in the morning.

hopefully I will get a chance to post a couple of pictures tonight, but am not sure I will since I will be doing lots of other stuff as well since it is my only night in galena