leanin' H
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There's fire! :x Won't bore you with more lack of moisture complaining. Thunderstorms have been kinda popping up which is great cept' when they forget to rain and send dry lightning instead. Lots of strikes last night but only one started a fire. We responded along with a BLM crew up here from the Gila National Forest in New Mexico helping knock down the many fires we've had in Utah. Didn't get any pictures cause it was way after dark. The good news is we had it out by 1 a.m. The great news is myself and another volunteer firefighter (local rancher/neighbor in his 40's like me) beat the 9 BLM fulltime firefighters up the mountain in the dark 3 miles! 
We may be old but we smoked those boys! :wink: :lol: Today, a strike from last night right next to my cows flared up and spooked us good. Standing inside my fenceline of my leased ground looking at the fire about 2 miles west. Guess you'll have to click on the pictures to see em' bigger. Don't know why?
It was in moderately thick juniper trees, but the local guys from Rushvalley and the BLM jumped on it quick.
Helicopter support works well in the daylight. Us sinners have to hike in the dark while those guys had help from above.
Burned under 20 acres before they knocked it down. Thankfully the wind was only breezy today or it could'a been much different.
Helicopter coming in from the north to make a drop.
Bullseye! I stayed up there all afternoon incase cows needed to move. But the firefighters and the weather combined to make a spooky situation settle down. It's even sprinkling right now at 12:37 mountain time. Don't want'a jinx it!
We may be old but we smoked those boys! :wink: :lol: Today, a strike from last night right next to my cows flared up and spooked us good. Standing inside my fenceline of my leased ground looking at the fire about 2 miles west. Guess you'll have to click on the pictures to see em' bigger. Don't know why?
It was in moderately thick juniper trees, but the local guys from Rushvalley and the BLM jumped on it quick.
Helicopter support works well in the daylight. Us sinners have to hike in the dark while those guys had help from above.
Burned under 20 acres before they knocked it down. Thankfully the wind was only breezy today or it could'a been much different.
Helicopter coming in from the north to make a drop.
Bullseye! I stayed up there all afternoon incase cows needed to move. But the firefighters and the weather combined to make a spooky situation settle down. It's even sprinkling right now at 12:37 mountain time. Don't want'a jinx it!
