Smog and smoke have blanketed the region. When we stopped by the McDonalds the other
day to check our emails an older gentleman noticed our fire shirts and asked if
we knew anything about the fire. We
didn’t. It wasn’t until we returned to
Fleecer that we received word from an ERT alumni that he and his hot shot crew
were being staged in Oregon. The haze
that has descended upon Butte is from a giant wildfire burning through
Washington.
Anyways, a peculiar thing happened today; it was raining on
us while the sun was shining. There were
cloud culprits in the sky although I kind of wish there wasn’t as that would
have been even more fascinating. We were
fixing up the Homestake Lake picnic area when this peculiarity occurred, you
know, the usual stuff—clearing trails, taking out invasives, the works. I enjoyed the refreshingly cold shower, but
not nearly as much as I did watching some locals using our modified gate. Cows had wandered into the picnic area
earlier today so we were charged with creating a sliding gate—and before we
left we saw folks utilize it! That was
cool.
In other news, you may have noticed I didn’t submit an entry
yesterday. Believe it or not, it was
because I was reading a book: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. One of my friends here was told that this
to-be series could be the next Harry Potter.
Very high praise. While I was skeptical
the remark was enough for me to give it a read.
Without spoiling anything, I enjoyed it and I thought the author had an
interesting way of storytelling—although I would suggest reading through it
without comparing it to J.K. Rowling’s masterpiece.
Well I’m off! Night!
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