Happy Saturday Morning!

Well it's 5:18 and I'm about to get in the shower to start my day.

Today, tomorrow, and next Saturday and Sunday our department is hosting a class that will have participants from Las Animas and Huerfano counties. The class is S-215, Wildland Firefighting and the Urban Interface (or something similar to that). We have a lot of "urban interface", where communities go right up against wildland areas. So when a wildland fire starts, the firefighters have to use their resources to protect any nearby homes, as well as contain the fire.

From the logistical standpoint, putting together this class has been interesting. It was not a smooth process, but since this is my first time, I'm sure next time will go much better. We even had to find places for two firefighters to stay overnight because they are commuting from such a great distance. Yesterday we had a truck washing party-our trucks looks so pretty and shiny when they're clean, and with our weather being so up and down, there hasn't been a big opportunity to make them pretty and shiny, but now they are. We got lots of great pictures, including several from our upstairs storage area down into the bay which, I think, look great! Anyway, I digress. I'm glad the class is starting, because that means one more project complete. Now I can move on to others. We have several other projects going, so I'm happy to have one to shelve.

I haven't looked outside yet, but I know it was snowing up the mountain last night. Not sure how much they got, but I'm hoping it's not much, because the breakfast we're serving today is coming form up the mountain. But, we have a backup plan, cause I'm big on back up plans. So if there's a lot of snow and our breakfast gets stranded up the mountain, the firefighters will still get fed. Gotta love backup plans.

Of course, it's supposed to be 50 degrees today, so the snow won't last. Which is good, because the lunch for the firefighters today is coming from Bon Carbo Fire Department's Auxiliary. They are about an hour's drive away. But there's a back up plan for that, too! Since our weather is so unpredictable, we have to have back up plans for that sort of thing.

OK, off to go get Larry up so I can take a shower. Aria has been sitting here patiently next to me as I've been writing but she won't be so self amusing while I'm in the shower.

Have a blessed day!