We were pleasantly surprised to have Marshall tell us to get our
blowers ready when we showed up at the shop.
No fence? No snags? This was a completely new task. Today we were told to go back over the fire
line we had cleared of debris and blow in some line where the MDC crew left
off. Marshall told us to park at the
bottom and work our way in so we would have a mental image of how big he wanted
the line to be. So we did. They got a lot done the day before. By the time we came up to the very steep
incline that indicated we were nearing the fire line’s end, we realized that
the whole line had already been blown.
Thinking back on how Marshall was insisting that we bring our canteens
of gas as well as a 5 gallon of gas when we didn’t have to refuel at all, we
realized we had been had. Well played
Marshall. Your revenge for the smelly
cookie is complete. Just to be safe we
extended the line a couple more feet on our way out. We all got a good laugh out of it.
The winds were
crazy today! Snags further back in the
forests were being blown over by the huge gusts and when my feet weren’t
planted they even threw me off balance a time or two. Kinda wish I brought my camera. It was supposed to rain so I didn’t want to
put the poor thing through that ordeal, but Dalton had his smartphone with him
and I think we got a couple of fun shots that I will try to steal and upload
later. The temperamental weather and the
updates on our project sites every other hour today made for an interesting and
entertaining day. We’re going to head
back over to Flossie’s as it has become somewhat of a tradition for the Peck
Ranch and Eminence teams on Thursdays.
Tonight the Baker family band is playing. Supposedly none of the musicians are over 14
years old and they are all ridiculously talented. Hope you are all doing well. Talk to you tomorrow!
Photos taken by Dalton.
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