Good morning.
Today we are trying to get the new trailer completely ready for fire season. You don't realize how well equipped Frontline is, until you stock a new trailer. It still amazes me how many different items we carry. There are a lot of items we rarely use, but we need them just in case. I don't think I will ever use an emergency OB kit at a wildland fire, but the state requires us to have one.
Here at home the grass is really starting to grow. The horses are loving it. They won't be so chipper when the mosquitoes come out. I got my first mosquito bite of the season last night. She didn't survive the encounter, but I got bit none the less. I know relatives of my New Orleans friends will soon be buzzing around the barn. I have seen a few in passing, but it is still a little cold at night. You all know I am talking about...FLIES!! Yes. We have flies here in California. Not like the flies in NOLA, but they are still flies. Lots of them. When you have livestock, you have flies. I read an add about fly control. It says to buy their flies to control our flies. Well let's see...these flies eat the larva of my flies. Pretty soon you will have less flies...or will you just have more of their flies? I guess it depends on which flies are a bigger bother. I kind of look at it like this. Flies are flies are flies. Big flies. Little flies. Flying flies (I think that's how they get their name). Crawling flies. They are all flies. They usually live on or around a bunch of poop. They bother the horses. They land on your hamburgers. They land on the rim of your Rum and Pine Apple juice. They are flies. There are chemical spray systems you can mount in the barn...but what about the flies that never go into the barn? Do they see what happened to their cousins and fly away in fear? Nope. They lay their eggs outside....wah lah!! ... more flies.
That's enough about flies today.
CLASSES
April 16 - Graeagle Fire - Forcible entry
April 19 - Graeagle Fire - Wildland / Shelter Refresher
May 19 - CPR Pro / Wilderness First Aid - USFS - Quincy - CLASS FULL
May 16,17,18, June 6,7,8 - First Responder - Alta - Placer County
**Check out www.firecourse.com for the official sign up for this class
Other classes will be posted as the dates become confirmed.
Stay Safe....and fly free.
Dj
ps. Toaka says..."All these flies better not get any of my snacks."
Today we are trying to get the new trailer completely ready for fire season. You don't realize how well equipped Frontline is, until you stock a new trailer. It still amazes me how many different items we carry. There are a lot of items we rarely use, but we need them just in case. I don't think I will ever use an emergency OB kit at a wildland fire, but the state requires us to have one.
Here at home the grass is really starting to grow. The horses are loving it. They won't be so chipper when the mosquitoes come out. I got my first mosquito bite of the season last night. She didn't survive the encounter, but I got bit none the less. I know relatives of my New Orleans friends will soon be buzzing around the barn. I have seen a few in passing, but it is still a little cold at night. You all know I am talking about...FLIES!! Yes. We have flies here in California. Not like the flies in NOLA, but they are still flies. Lots of them. When you have livestock, you have flies. I read an add about fly control. It says to buy their flies to control our flies. Well let's see...these flies eat the larva of my flies. Pretty soon you will have less flies...or will you just have more of their flies? I guess it depends on which flies are a bigger bother. I kind of look at it like this. Flies are flies are flies. Big flies. Little flies. Flying flies (I think that's how they get their name). Crawling flies. They are all flies. They usually live on or around a bunch of poop. They bother the horses. They land on your hamburgers. They land on the rim of your Rum and Pine Apple juice. They are flies. There are chemical spray systems you can mount in the barn...but what about the flies that never go into the barn? Do they see what happened to their cousins and fly away in fear? Nope. They lay their eggs outside....wah lah!! ... more flies.
That's enough about flies today.
CLASSES
April 16 - Graeagle Fire - Forcible entry
April 19 - Graeagle Fire - Wildland / Shelter Refresher
May 19 - CPR Pro / Wilderness First Aid - USFS - Quincy - CLASS FULL
May 16,17,18, June 6,7,8 - First Responder - Alta - Placer County
**Check out www.firecourse.com for the official sign up for this class
Other classes will be posted as the dates become confirmed.
Stay Safe....and fly free.
Dj
ps. Toaka says..."All these flies better not get any of my snacks."
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