June was spent traveling down to Bozeman for work, weeks at a time... Nothing against that town, but man it's getting crowded down there. It'd be nice if they would learn how to build up instead of out. That entire valley will be full of homes and industry before long. Although it was nice to be near good food and shopping for once. Not that I have the extra cash to allow for all the shopping I want to do......
Pat was sent to Yuma, AZ for a 2 week detail at the end of the month... He had an education on boarder patrol while he was there... I guess if there are any wildfires on the boarder, the fighters have to have armed guards and are called out of the field by 10pm... You can tell by the photo below, that they were hard at work on a lot of fires......
July has flown by... Pat and I spent the 4th here in Lewistown for the first time. Sadly the town fireworks sucked this year. But the fact that I hang with a bunch of firefighters, we just went and had our own show. Thankfully no one lost an appendage, even though we did have a few close calls...
We have had my Aunt Kathy and her friend Libby come out to visit on their travels East. Plus my folks stopped by on their way West out to Boise to see Greg, and will stop back in on the return trip.
Other than that... it's not too exciting out here... Pat has been fishing up in the ponds in and around Zortman. He and his buddies did pretty well during the Paddlefish season on the Missouri this year... Pat figured this one weighed in at 75lbs. A female full of caviar who was released.
Now that the Red Flag season is upon us, I believe the rest of the summer will be quite hectic. Right now Pat is on a fire up in the Sweetgrass Hills. My job won't be too stressful until Sept. For now, it's rest-up while we can.
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