Fire fighting is a spectator sport in our family. Today when a fire started a couple miles from our home, Mom called to say that they were dipping water from their pond. Michaela was already down there. In a moment of excitement, she and Grandma ran down to the pond to get a super close look as the heli's swept down to fill their buckets. Talk about up close and personal, the chopper was about 75 feet away as they scooped water up! Grandma is so brave!
I was not so much fun and the rest of us stayed up at Mom's house to watch the excitement.
Nickles wasn't feeling too good, but this was exciting!
Michaela has changed her mind, her latest career interest is
becoming a helicopter pilot.
Oh dear ~
"Mom, wouldn't it be fun to ride in the bucket!"
Fishin' Montana style!
There goes Dad's water and maybe some of his fish!
The biggest sky ever!
Found this through Ali's blog. I look forward to keeping up with your family better. I'd love to actually get up there to see all of you, but we're pretty busy down here in New Mexico. This story is great. We are certainly nervous about fire season around here. Thank God we haven't had any yet, but Tom and I have been spending more time at the firehouse getting prepared. Hope they got the fire out - what luck to have a pond nearby! loveyoumeanit...
ReplyDeleteTori, good to hear from you. We enjoyed visiting with your parents last month. Your new home sounds like an adventure! It must be as dry down there as it is here. We're hoping for June rains...and I can't believe I actually said that! Peace ~
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