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Mickie’s Visit

On her way through Portland to Yakima, Mickie stopped by for a short visit. While in town we took in some of the local hotspots: Powell’s bookstore, Voodoo Doughnuts, Multnomah […]

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2009 Extrication Challenge

We stopped by Clackamas Town Center to check out the annual Extrication competition. The teams were fun to watch but now we’re really excited to check out the experts in […]

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Tucker’s new home

After spending the night in Bend, we stopped by to meet Tucker…. And decided to take him home! He is a 5-6 year old Australian Shepherd who loves to give […]

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Concrete Cowboys

We stopped over in Bend to see Concrete Cowboys, a Portland-based country band, before heading on to meet Tucker! They played at a little bar called the Black Horse Saloon […]

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Portland Pride

We finally made it down to the Portland Pride Festival…and what would pride be without a parade!!??

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Another ride

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. […]