Dee Ice Hole: THE END OF FIRE SEASON 2012

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.)

Monday, September 17, 2012

THE END OF FIRE SEASON 2012

Just got home from the 6203 acre Gilead Fire in Buffalo, WY. It was an awesome run. The operations group did a great burnout that brought the fire down to a fire line constructed by a dozer along the grass at the bottom of the slope. It was a textbook burnout operation and we finished up two days later and headed for home.

Fall was definitely in the air---high 30's and low 40's every night. My comforter wasn't enough to sleep warm.