Remember a little while back I said I got to fight a wildfire with my old NAAFD crew (and the DNR rangers, and the Weyerhaeuser crew) when I was up north? Just got some aerial photos of the fire, taken after we had the upper hand. I was working up around the outer edge of the smaller lobe. Foam, mostly, but also spent some time lugging a backcan (backbag, actually).
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After we played a benefit show in Mike’s hometown of New Auburn, a sweet lady told us we sounded, “Just like Gordon Lightfoot…only zippier!” We figured that was about perfect.