Some say the world will end with fire.

Others say with ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those that favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost



"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID" - Ron White



"Good things come to those who wait, but, only the things LEFT by those who hustle." - Unknown (at least by me)



"Life is wonderful, without it you are dead." - Hy "Pete" Peterson - Park City and Kenecott Miner



"Don't worry about those people in your past---there is a reason they are not in your present." - Unknown



"Life's tough - it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne



"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!" - Vince Lombardi



"If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re probably taking up too much space.” ~ Attributed to Jim Whittaker by Doug ‘Swani’ Swantner, Alaska Smokejumper and Air Attack Base Manager (Ret.)

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I am married and have seven children and twenty grandchildren. I retired January 1, 2010 after working 39+ years for the Forest Service...NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAS BEGUN!

Monday, June 21, 2010

BACK FROM A GREAT FIRE ASSIGNMENT

I got home late Saturday night from a fire assignment in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was a great assignment. I worked with some young really energenic people that really wanted to learn how to do logistics. I had a great time coaching them on how to do things and how to get stuff.

The fire was 5160 acres when we left and was contained on three sides. The fourth side was too dangerous to put people in because of unexploded military ordinance and didn't have much chance of going too far so we left it open.

It was a good run for me. Only lasted four days but I knocked a lot of rust off as it was my first run of the year. It is amazing how much you can forget from year to year if you don't use it.

AND YES, I DID GET AN ADRENALINE FIX ;-)

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