Transitioning ...

I forgot to mention! Yesterday, Travis and Coby returned from their dispatch to California! It's nice to have him back. And he's oak free, thankfully for him.

Well, it's been raining since yesterday's smoke report. But that didn't stop PT today. When we got to the work center this morning, we ran 1.5 miles, did sit ups, push ups and chin ups to qualify for a position with the Alpine Hot Shots. Alas, my mile and a half was not fast enough. Oh well. I think I'll be fine enough with normal dispatches.

Other than that, today was just a full saw rehab day. Joanna and I gave FSU a thorough cleaning and then I sharpened the hell out of the teeth. I threw my first chain yesterday which may have bent a raker, but using it seems to have bent it back into alignment.

Toward the end of the day (while I was still sharpening), Chad finally gave the word that a dispatch was going out. Nikki, Blake and Chris had been on stand by since before Travis got back. So Chad told them that they had a 14:00 departure time and they started getting busy. They took one of Earth 5's trucks and loaded up their gear. Meanwhile, Chad let the rest of us go early to give us more time cleaning our houses and packing up for the move back to Denver tomorrow. So we said our goodbyes to Nikki and headed back to Boulder around 1:30. I'm going to miss Nikki terribly. It's already painfully obvious that she's not around.