April 4

FL04 AVAILABLE

FL05 AVAILABLE

FL06 AVAILABLE

FL07 UNAVAILABLE Repairs

CLASSES and other events
April 6,7,8,9 - CIIMT Workshop - Reno
April 18 - Live Burn Trailer - Graeagle Fire
May 18 - Plumas Hotshots - Quincy - CPR/Wilderness First Aid
May - date to be determined - Annual Pack Test
May 16 - S130 hands on portion of class

A small fire in Palm Springs kind of got everybody's attention. I hear a couple of houses caught fire, but they didn't burn down. The wind was blowing... like it never does in the SoCal desert. Anyways.. it was a fire. There was confusion in dispatching. Who has responsibility? Who is in charge? Ahhhh!!

Things are busy around here. We are frantically getting ready for the 2009 season. We still need to remove all the outdated medications from the trailers. Repairs from the 2008 season are underway. I damaged the mother ship. I put a relatively small hole in the side. They had to replace the entire side of the trailer. A 40 foot, single piece of gel-coat siding is a big job. The trailer should be back in service by the end of next week.

Here at home, I have been putting in a new irrigation line. I have been digging a 1200+ foot ditch for the main line. I told the tractor dude I didn't think I should drive acrossed "that area" yesterday. He patted his little tractor on the behind and said "she'll" go right across "that area". Well..... I did.... "she" didn't. Now, there the little tractor sits. His little tractor is stuck in the mud. The little tractor might be stuck there until summer. The water table is about 12" from the surface. The little tractor is down about 18" from the surface. You do the math. The little tractor is in the water. It looks kind of funny. There is green grass all around the little tractor. I can walk all around the little tractor, without getting mud on my feet. The little tractor just sits there, tracks spinning and digging deeper.... in the water. I am sure the tractor dude has a bigger tractor we can use to pull the little tractor out with. But, remember the water table I told you about? It is a long ways to solid ground. If we bring in the big tractor to pull out the little tractor, we might just end up with two tractors stuck in the mud. Maybe the tractor dude has a little tractor trick up his sleeve for getting the little tractor unstuck. Oh well... the little tractor is stuck. I am done digging for a few days.

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ps. Toaka says..."Since the little tractor is not moving anymore, do I get a snack?"