Since Bubba spent most of our last ride backing up towards home, we thought we’d try taking him to Kelly’s arena to see if he would do better away from […]
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Fire drills
Today we had the opportunity to practice some vertical ventilation (cutting holes in roofs with a chainsaw an a K12 saw). Here’s Brad simulating a cut off a roof ladder. […]
Annual Hay Bucking
All the hay farmers started cutting early this year, so we spent much of the weekend bucking our hay for the fall/winter (well, Brad did most of the bucking while […]
JB Ranch Projects
Our small wood retaining wall started falling apart so we decided to replace with bricks and it turned out pretty cute….
It’s Officially Wild Fire Season!!
We had our first wild fire of the season – and very few people were in town so this was Brad’s first chance to be AO (apparatus operator) for Engine […]
Brad’s Ride-Along with the Molalla Medic
Brad rode along with Molalla’s medic until Friday night through Saturday morning. This is a great opportunity to keep up on our new EMT skills and knowledge. It turned out […]
FLAG Class
We had an awesome drill Wednesday night with the fire department – flammable liquids and gases (FLAG)! We rotated through teams of 5: 2 hose teams with one team leader […]
Silly Cooper
We’ve been taking the horses out for rides on the weekends, and so he doesn’t get in the way, Cooper has to stay in his stall. He’s not very happy […]
Brad’s Birthday
GeoTagged, [N45.59883, E122.68605] We both have the day off for Brad’s birthday so we thought we’d check out a few places downtown we’d been hearing about. We stopped by Saint […]
Back in the saddle again
We finally made it on our first real ride off the property today. We tried out a new trail (for us) and were out for about an hour. Considering the […]