California Love

Because of my father, I know that true love keeps no record of wrongs, for when I rebelled against his rules and cursed him to his face, he gave me love.

My father came to Cali for two days and I wore him out. Dad watched as three firefighters tried painfully hard to get wet wood to burn, stood by the measly fire and listened to some sweet guitar picking into the wee hours (despite his long journey), gazed in awe as the sunlight turned pink on the majestic slopes of Shasta, and offered fatherly wisdom to a burdened son. Thanks for making the trip, dad. I love you.

White Deer Prescribed Fire

We stopped by this fire on the way home from feeding sticks into a chipper all day, and were treated with the opportunity to put fire on the ground, stand around and watch it for a while and make sure the line was secure, then head home. Dream assignment, and hopefully not the last fire I'll see this season. Something tells me the 20 inches of rain we got last week will have a say in that.

Swift Fire

The Silver Fire

Land of Legends

Lead Saw Team

Garret and Walker, respectively. The inner intensities match the outer, but they do have softer sides.

Lassen