Where oh where does the time go

I can't believe that it is almost the end of september.......time has flown by the last few months, but that is probably because we have been busy.

Here are some fun facts...

1. I have had 10 days off since june 24 (someone who works mon-friday has had 26)

2. We have worked almost 800 hrs of overtime so far.

3. Fire season is not over yet

4. On our last run we worked a 32 hr shift. yep 32 hrs in a row.

5. When I flew to idaho I drove 20 miles in 3 hours (more on this later)

6. It is supposed to snow today


Now for more on my last fire run.

Idaho:
Well getting there went smoothly........then I get on the freeway and am like crap why is there all this traffic....seee light up ahead decide it is just an accident no prob i will be moving soon....start moving and drive about 1/2 mile and get stuck in stop and go traffic....normally this wouldn't be a big deal but I am not driving a small truck and also it is not automatic.....plus with the seat pulled all the way up it is still hard from me to push the clutch all the way in and keep it there. Ok back to what happened. Turns out the freeway was closed a few mile up but I had no clue if my exit was between where I was and where the freeway was closed....finally I realize the cops are gonna make me get off so I exit, stop at a gas station and ask about the back roads... I think sweet I'll be moving soon. Nope everyone and thier mother was on the backroads...eventually I get moving but realize that it is to late to make it to where I wanted to stay (there are limited options on place to stay since there are no towns on thie hwy I was going to take) so I ended up staying about 25 miles outside of boise....no prob just had to get up and start drving earlier than I had planned

Moonlight fire:
This fire was on the plumas N.F. It was going pretty good when we go to it and it didn't want ot go out...we kept putting line in and it kept spotting over the line so we had to keep chasing spots...It ended up that we had to pull a 32 hour shift to watch the line to make sure it didn't spot anymore, there weren't that many resources there so that is why we had to stay and watch it. Dont worry after a few days of hard work we got the fire under control, well mother nature helped.

Butler 2 fire:
after about 8 days at the moonlight we go pulled off of it to head down south to a fire in the Mountains East of L.A It had potential to get big, but the winds helped us out and let us put line around it. Well it also helped that they were scared and called tons of hotshot crews to it. There were so many crews that is seemed like people were fighting to get a piece of dirt to work. Anyway there was a big storm coming in and we got rained on so they sent us home.


Now I am on day two of three days off. I am waiting for it to snow and enjoying being a bum.