Off again

so once again I am off to CA, it seems like I can't get away from there, This time I am going down to work on a helicopter right now the helicopter is near where I used to work, I am not sure if they are on a fire or not.

Hopefully they are doing something so that we just don't sit the whole time that I am there, maybe if I am lucky I will even be able to use the internet some, Probably not but you never know

Here are some photos for you all to view, the first 2 are of my friend ben's plane this is the spot on the river where we landed the night that we went flying. and believe it or not Dana is alive I have proof in a photo below. the other one is of my sister and I being goofy nad one being nice, I didn't include the one that josh took, laura and dana can tell you about that one

Blogging Blah

Yep I think I have the blogging blahs.

This not really having internet kind of sucks when it comes to blogging

I want to post pictures but it is so slow that I am unable to do so without it taking all day. Hopefully if I am arouond Sat Ill come into the office and do so since there will be no one here and maybe it will make it easier to post them.

Last night I went out flying with one of the guys I work with, he has a little 2 seater float plane so we went off on adventure to see what we could find, we saw a bunch of bear and moose, but I didn't really take any pictures of them. Then we saw a spot on the river we were flying over that would be long enough to take off on so we landed and hung out on the river bank for a little while. It was pretty cool to be out there and wonder when the last time a human had been there, or if there ever had been someone there. we both thought that a boat might be able to get that far up the river but we weren't 100% sure. Thats the crazy thing about alaska there are so much land here and you never know if someone had been there before.


I am back here in the office for a little bit, I don't know how long, it will all depend on when my boss wants to send me back down, this time though I think I will be going down as a single resource so that will be good.

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