Who knows whats in store now

Well we are finally done with our training and we are available as of 8:00am Sat for fires so who knows what will happen could be anything. I am guessing it won't be anything to exciting yet but you never know.

My parents were up visiting last weekend. The picture of the two of them was taken by the worlds largest tree( the General Sherman). They are actually standing next to a branch of the tree that fell out during an ice storm this winter. Yes I said branch you didn't read it wrong that is a branch. The other picture is a view of the sierra nevada mountians here in the park. My dad and I took the photo while we were hiking up moro rock.

My posion oak ended up being horrible. I had/have it all over my face it is pretty scary. It is almost gone from my face, but is not plesant stuff. Besided my face I have it on my wriste and my hands and legs and stomach. So yes I have been itchy all week.

well it might be a while before the next post because we are leaving on Mon for the Grand Canyon, but I am sure that when I will get back I will update on the adventures that we have

Im a little suprised to find that this is my theme song Your Theme Song is Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

"I like smoke and lightning Heavy metal thunder Racin' with the wind And the feelin' that I'm under" A total independent spirit, you can't be held down or fenced in. You crave the feeling of wind on your face... and totally freedom.

What's Your Theme Song?

I hate posion oak

So for all of you that aren't familar with the west, they have what's called posion oak...its pretty close to the same thing as poison ivy...but it grows all over the place out here. Anyway in 2004 we were in a lot of it and I would break out with this nasty itchy rash.....sometime even blisters, and then last year I didn't get it at all.

Well yesterday we went out and did what we call a practice fire. We did everything the same as we would on a real fire. And when I woke up this morning my arm itched and well I turned on the light and what would ya know I have posion oak all over my arms. Im pissed I even kept my sleeves down so I wouldn't get it. I hope that this isn't what the rest of the season is gonna be like.

In other news. We have one more week of training left. My parents are going to be here later tonight and are staying for the weekend. I am taking them to see the park tommorow, and then at work we have family day on sunday. so it will be a good time. Also the lady at costco today did not believe I was 21 and then when I showed her my id she said "is that really what a MN liscence looks like"

Oh and for all of you wondering...well my pull-ups didn't quite go as planned. I did two that counted and another two where I couldn't quite get my chin over the bar....oh well all is good

Soon to be my home again

Well I will soon be living in our crew trucks again. This picture is from last year when we were on a fire assingment in Wyoming, and yep those are the trucks we ride around the country in. There are seven seats in the back of the big trucks (2 in front so 9 in each) and during the fire season we pretty much live out of them. (that is if it is a busy season) The rest of the crew starts tomorrow so it is a big day. We have to do all these physical fitness test and hopefully I pull of my 4 pull-ups. I am not worried about sit-up and push up, but pull ups tend to worry me. I know that I should be able to pull out three but the fourth one might be hard. so if you are reading this push some positive energy my way tommorow afternoon.

Disappearing Snow

Since it as been much warmer the last few days a bunch of snow has melted....or should I say tons of snow has melted. I am very happy to not have to look at huge snow banks everyday. The rest of my crew moves in on Friday and starts work on Sun so we are finishing getting everything opened up for the season. Then it is two weeks of training....which may be somewhat boring since it is the third time I have gone through the exact same training.....but then after that we are heading to the Grand Canyon to do a fuels project or maybe even fight some fires while we are in the southwest so that should be exciting.

my sister and I discovered a couple of things last weekend.
1. You can get a beer with blueberries in it.
2. Old men really really like tohit on Laura
3. It is a bad thing when you are put to bed
4. The resturaunts in Huntington beach have these stupid birds that fly around you when you are trying to eat breakfast
5. there were a bunch more that we came up with but I have forgotten them by now
6. oh yeah going shopping with laura equals bad news ( I have never seen a mall with has many high end stores as the one she took me to)

well that is all I have for now. Time to find me some dinner