Tour-De-Oregon

1st stop - Round Mt. w/ Hodgsons & Tappans

2nd Stop - Lakeview w/ the Morgans

3rd Stop - Ashland: We stayed with my friend Kira.

4th Stop - Backpacking the Wild & Scenic, 40 miles/4 days

5th Stop - Coos Bay

The feast after crabbing with Gramps (caught 24 crab). Thanks for cooking Kim!

Crabbing out at the North Spit with the gang.

6th Stop - Roseburg with the Poe's

This Summer, on our days off....

King Estates with Josh and the Osterkamps

Camping: Detroit Lake with the Johnson Crew

Camping: Metolious River with the Coos Bay Crew

Casey & Amity Girt Wedding

Congrats you two!

The Rest of Fire Season

Mt. Hood

Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood Wilderness

Cold day on Royce Butte, lunch break.

Mike, half man/half amazing.

Trey

Building a water crib.

Grand Coulee Dam, WA

Mt. Adams

The season was good. It kept us very busy and blew by really fast. We didn't end up leaving the Northwest.

6/14-6/23 - Prescribed burn - Mckenzie Bridge (East of Eugene)
6/29-7/2 - Umbrella Fire - (Mt. Hood Meadows, 3acres)
7/11-7/12 - Mill Fire - (Warm Springs, 300acres)
7/13-8/01 - Cold Springs Fire - (Mt Adams, 8,900acres)
8/3 - Smith Lake Fire - (Grand Coulee Dam, 3,000acres)
8/4-8/6 - John Creek Fire - (Mt. Hood, 1 acre)
8/9-8/26 - Gnarl Ridge Fire - (Mt. Hood, 1,000acres)
8/28 - Ruddy Two Fire - (Mt. Hood, 48acres)
9/2 - Schriener Fire 533 - (5acres)
9/8-9/11 - East Fork Fire - (Mt. Hood, 4acres)
9/12 - Kinsley Lake Fire - (Mt. Ho0d, 1/4acre)
9/16-9/20 - Royce Butte - (Central Oregon, 381acres)
9/21-9/27 - Lonesome - (S. of Crater Lake, 19,200acres)

We got laid off on October 9. We are enjoying our free time.

Fire Season, so far

news clip of trey. he is the one running the chain saw:
http://www.katu.com/news/25490264.html?video=pop&t=a

It has been good. We got done with our first 14 day assignment on Friday. We were in Warm Springs and near Mt. Adams in Washington. It was good. I am training to be a squad boss and have got to run a squad for a few days so far and have been lookout, repeater, pump operator, and weather girl. It is nice to be learning and progressing in this job. I have been enjoying being outdoors, the exercise, and of course the money.
Our crew is starting to get the hang of things. We are starting to come together nicely. We still have some wrinkles to get ironed out. Trey is doing great on the saw. He loves it.
The biggest challenge for me is the lack of sleep, being dirty all the time, having dried out hands with tearing cuticles, and eating crappy food.
I hope everyone is having a great summer. Drop me a note sometime.
Peace and love,
The Travers

Our 1 Year Anniversary

We can't believe 1 year has already flown by. We started the day waking up in our tent in Warm Springs (North of Madras). Our crew was getting ready to go work another shift in the smoking hot and dry desert (I was not looking forward to it at all). Then we got the word that there was a fire up on Mt Adams and that we would be going there instead. WAAAWHOOO!

Our first crew boss from 2001, Grayback days.

Mt. Adams

Driving to the fire.

Wrapping a building in old fire shelters.

Structure Protection

Our delicious anniversary meal.