And the work begins!

OK I only have a few minutes so I will give a quick update.

Work is going great! the weather has been pretty nice so we have been burning a lot. Basically every year when it is fire season, the firefighters start cutting all underbrush on big chunks of land so it is less likely to burn if it is hit with lightning or whatever, and they pile all the brush up and let it dry for a year. The next year before the fire season starts (when it is still wet enough) they start burning all the piles to get rid of the fuel. This year they have 14,000 piles to burn! so we have been burning like crazy! we get all dressed up in our Nomex (fireproof gear) and packs and take our tools, and drip torches and hike up the the burn pile areas and start lighting them all on fire. It is a lot of really hot and smokey work but it is fun too. A couple of times the area has been too dry and the fire has started creeping around and cathing trees on fire. When that happens we stop burning and start cutting a big line down the the mineral soil around the fire so that it can't jump then line and spread to the rest of the forest. The people we are working with are soo awesome I am really looking foreword to the rest of the summer.

On a side note I went to San Fran last weekend with the boys, Jersey and his buddy Jason. It was so fun! We went and saw the Oakland A's vs the Indians and saw the Giants vs the cardinals!! I was so happy to see some baseball, wish it was the Sox though... but the Sox are playing the Giants in June so who knows!! haha

well I can't upload pictures on the computer I am on but I will try later because this computer doesn't right click apparently but I got some great ones so I will promise to try to get them up here

Hope everything is going well out there, my email address is finley.janes@gmail if anyone is trying to reach me and I will write when I can

ps
BRUINS MOVED ON IN THEIR SERIES AND THEY JUST WON THEIR FIRST GAME AGAINST THE FLYERS!