Back to the future

It seems we went back in time. We were dispatched to the Leslie Gulch fire. So we went to Vale and checked in at the BLM office. Late in the afternoon they sent us to Jordan Valley. Time warp!........................

We arrived to find fire camp. What we didn't find was cell service. No contact with the outside world. It was like we went back in time for a few days.

We weren't sure what we would be doing. We were told we may be put onto the Initial Attack group. When I went to briefing I found out that we were going out on the line. We went on out and even though it is a lot of desert we saw some beautiful country. I wish I could have gotten more pictures then I did. It reminded me of Zion National Park in southern Utah.

We got to our assignment and we cold trailed the line. That means we gridded up to 50 feet from the fire edge [known as the fire line] and checked for hot spots. If we found any we either cooled them off with water or we dry mopped them.

It was really hot there. Most days it was 116 degrees down where we worked.

We saw a Badger and some Bighorn Sheep.

Now we are Back To The Future. We demobed this morning and we are back getting ready for the next dispatch.

Here is some of what we saw:

Now we are Back To The Future. Not just because we are back in the Pacific time zone but also because we are back from the land of no cellular service.

So it"s just the beginning of a long summer so hang in there with us and we will see how the rest of it goes. Ill take you along for the ride as long as I can. So don't panic if I don't post every day.....because It just may be that I am somewhere lost in timewarp.........