We were up and on deck early this morning (5:30 am!) in order to get a good spot for glacier viewing…we entered Glacier National Park at 6:00 am and passed […]
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Year: 2008
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Alaska Trip Day 4 – Skagway
We woke up this morning in Skagway, our second stop on the inland passage. Today we both took the same excursion; a trip to a dog sled camp. One of […]
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Alaska Trip Day 3 – Juneau
After a full day at sea (Day 2), we docked in Juneau on Tuesday at 2:00pm. We split up to participate in different excursions while on shore…Brad on a […]
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Our trip to Alaska – Send Off
We boarded the Norwegan Pearl Saturday around 1:30pm. Once on board we made our way to our stateroom where we found a wonderful Birthday surprise from Cindi & Jean (thanks, […]
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Our trip to Alaska – Kick Off
We started our vacation a day early by driving into Seattle and taking in some of the sights. We took the Duck Tour and saw our ship We then watched […]
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Our first 3 weeks of calls
For Colton standards, the last three weeks have been a little slow, but we’ve still had the opportunity to make it on a few calls. We arrived at the station […]
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Bound and determined to make it on a call!
Since we live on the far side of town, we know that we’re not always going to make it to the station in time to get on a rig. So, […]
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Brad & Jodi are OFFICIAL firefighters now!!!
Our last step in the fire academy was to actually fight a real fire in a house. This exercise is commonly referred to as a “Burn to Learn”. Because […]
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Our Burn House Burned Down!
We were scheduled to burn our practice house on April 5th but, unfortunately, the house “mysteriously” burned down prematurely about 2 hours after the department practiced some fire drills in […]
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Skills Testing at the Burn House
The Colton Fire Department will be burning a house on April 5 as a “Burn To Learn” practice drill. As part of our fire academy, we had the chance to […]