Obsessed

The hotel here in American Canyon has grape vines in the parking lot. Yes, you are allowed to pluck and eat them. Yes, we have. Yes, they are delicious. But more than wanting to eat them, I want to look at them. Aren't they magnificent?

 

Kalispell-Whitefish 2021

I think one more time-traveling post will bring us up-to-date as far as fire season 2021 goes! There may be a couple more, having nothing to do with the season, but we should be mostly linear from here on out this year.

Remember My Favorite and I had been sent to Missoula, MT and then the phone call came (although it's a great picture, right?) We were heading to Kalispell, MT ~ for now. But there was a chance we'd be reassigned before the day was out. Regardless, Missoula to Kalispell isn't even a 2.5 hour drive. Which, on the one hand, is great for me. Not having to drive all day is a good thing. On the other hand, when check-out from one hotel is 11:00 am and check in at the other hotel is 3:00, it leaves a gap. When I can't even check into the new hotel because we don't know for certain we're staying, that leaves a bigger gap.

Lucky for me, things are open again since last year's COVID lockdown. Means the libraries are open. And I love me a library. Air conditioning. Plenty of light. An outlet. Quiet. A bathroom. And they expect people to come and stay for a long time.

Plus, they had a cool carrel for me to tuck into and ignore the world. 

Cool carrel

What made this library even cooler was this display:

Go ahead. Zoom in. 

There at your left, first book, first row? Yeah. The financial one. That's mah friend. That's not just mah friend. That's MAH FRIEND!!!! I grabbed the book off the display, found the nearest librarian, and said “this is MAH FRIEND!!!" She was really excited for me. When she found out I was from Philly, Mac was from the east coast, and here we were in Kalispell, MT, she got excited for her library, too. It was a super cool moment.

Eventually, it was decided we were, indeed, staying and it was time to check into the hotel. I won't say where we started or post a picture, but let’s say… it wasn’t good. Everyone ~ including us ~ had something disgustingly wrong with their room. We were lucky because we only had dirty sheets, a single dirty towel on the hook, and no other towels. The guys were reporting full trash cans, dirty sheets, obviously dirty towels hung as if they were clean…. But the winner was the room with cum stains on the sheets. Yeah…. We found a different hotel. 

First, we moved to the Best Western in Whitefish. I broke my own rule and didn't get a picture if the hotel, the lobby, or the view from the window, but I did get pictures of a visiting friend.

And some beautiful sunsets. That’s one of the things about fires ~ as devastating as they are, they make for beautiful sunsets.

But! As hard as the hotel tried to keep us there, the tourism in the area was insane post-COVID lockdown, and rooms were booked. It was so crazy that, where there was availability, rooms at Holiday Inns and Radissons and very ordinary hotels were going for $400, $500, even $600 a night. We thought we’d found a place willing to give us five rooms at the government rate of $177/night ~ but as soon as our mechanic with his very heavy Mexican accent called, his room was suddenly $350/night. My Favorite canceled all the rooms and we kept looking.

He finally found a Hampton Inn back in Kalispell willing to give us all the same rate ($225/night, which was a steal at the time, plus, clean sheets and no obvious racists. Yes, our bar is very, very low, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a great hotel! I love me a Hampton...). 

My Favorite even got a birthday picture for Dr. Bella, posted here because look how handsome he is! (Although this may have happened in Yakima. He's still handsome, so I'm still posting.)

So handsome 😍

And the story from there ~ because there always seems to be a story ~ I came down for breakfast one morning to....this.

Shortly thereafter, while I was enjoying my bagel, the fire alarm went off. This was the response.

Since there wasn't a fire, that wasn't completely inappropriate, but dear lord, it certainly wasn't appropriate!

Then it was time to head to Yakima ~ and we're up to date for this season. 

Whew.

 

52

October 3rd is my birthday. Over the last 52 years, I’ve had amazing birthday celebrations. Since 39, My Favorite has been more or less “in charge” of them. We’ve gotten home on October 1st before and he has come up with drinks on the balcony of a magnificent hotel and dinner reservations at our favorite restaurant—at our favorite table, even. One year, there was a Moroccan restaurant, a bracelet, AND reservations to Morocco itself (that had to be canceled through no fault of his, or believe, I would have relaunched Stilettos then). When we’ve still been on the road, he’s been just as good. There have been parties with the crew during carnival; grilling by the hotel  pool; and even one year, arranging for a long layover in MSP (Minneapolis-St Paul airport) so he could take me to a lovely café we’d passed so many times and had never had time to stop. We were even trying to remember where we were the year we went to what was recommended as the best restaurant in town, real fine dining, to end up in a strip mall storefront decorated like prom night, seated at folding tables and chairs.

Last night was no exception. On one hand, I had a very ordinary day. Lots of work, back by the pool.

On the other hand, I heard from so many friends and family. I even caught up with one of my Turkish friends (she needs a blog name. You need a blog name!) for tea.

Then, we got dressed up (as much as possible in the road)

and My Favorite took me to dinner. Italian food. A restaurant we’d hoped to get to while we were here.

Totally yummy. The gnocchi (me) was homemade and the squid steak (him) was perfectly prepared. 

And presents, of course. Holiday stoneware I’ve wanted for 20 years. A complete set. Including luncheon plates. With thanks to Sister for taking delivery, so we’re not lugging it around until we get home!

The man knows me and loves me. And pulled it off again. Happy birthday to me.

The adventure continues…

The reason the adventure is so damn good

 

Lovely Perks

There are definitely perks to hotel life where it’s warm. Yesterday, I took my computer down to work outside. I started here and chased the shade around the pool to the table on the right.

Got called “m’lady” by this guy, which was hugely unexpected. Then he started (literally) whistling “Dixie” (a song out if the South from our Civil War) which wasn’t nearly as unexpected.

And by the end, I was happily ensconced with this view.

Definite perks. 

And the adventure continues…

October 2, 2021

I feel a little Dr. Whovian (the ninth, thankyouverymuch!) jumping around time like this but hey - welcome to my world!

When we left Yakima to return to CA and we all parted with a “see you in a couple days!” My Favorite and I ended up back in La Verne (with a stop for me in OR with the Talent Annex of the family), on stand-by “for a week.” That week turned into almost two, turned into “we’re sending you home on October 1” turned into “Wait! We need you in Napa for 12 days, starting tomorrow.”

Now, that kinda sucked because mentally, we had ended the season. My Favorite had asked for and been a given a day off (he was, technically, still on stand-by) for us to go to Disneyland. Aaaaaaaaand never mind. 

The nice part of it was we got a 7-hour road trip together. At one point, he even drove so I could get some work done. (My computer has a nice battery life, apparently, and I can work in the car verrrrry caaaaaarefully. Who knew????).

Which finally landed us, not in Napa proper but only about 10 minutes away, in American Canyon, CA. Just last night, I learned how close we are to water (just behind the Safeway!!!! {a nationwide grocery store chain}) so hopefully there will be more pictures. For now, though....

Not quite sure what they were going for with the spheres on the wall.
What they got was disease. I can 99% guarantee "let's put
disease on the wall!" was not part of the design meeting. Also, I think was an art trend here in CA at some point, because it's not the first time I've seen these holes-in-nature-y, disease-looking things on a hotel wall.

The view from our window. I love this tree. Best view
all season, very seriously.

See the shade there? I can't help but wonder if maintenance
changes it every season. I kinda hope they do, even as I realize
that would be a hell of a lot of work.

 And the adventure continues...

Missoula, MT ~ 2021

Going back a bit... a few posts ago, I was en route from La Verne, CA to Missoula, MT, by way of...somewhere pretty in Idaho.

I have no idea why this loaded sideways; it's right-side up on my camera.

Full disclosure: I am a screaming liberal. Burn the shit down; universal income, education, and health care; dismantle the system of whiteness; stand with women of color; liberal. In high school, we took a test to see where our political leanings were and I came back Marxist. No shit.

Which makes certain states...difficult...for me. I am very good at keeping my head down and my mouth shut (rotor wing aviation is notoriously conservative ~ think Trump banners on trailers and veiled threats around talking about liberal ideologies during the Trump years) but I still don't enjoy it.

So, when we got to Missoula and found an inclusive, BLM, gender-equality type o' town, we were thrilled. If you ever need or want to go to Montana, I highly recommend Missoula. No matter who you are. 

Since I tend to remember lobbies, let's start there:

Yes, I have already forgotten what hotel this is. But I remember the
lobby and the very fine cow chairs.

But I absolutely remember the ice cream. Place called Big Dipper Ice Cream. This is Sumerian coffee ice cream with dark chocolate dip, and cardamom ice cream ~ seriously, cardamom ~ with chocolate dip and nuts. Go to Missoula for ice cream. It's worth it.

We found a truly lovely restaurant called Scotty's Table. I wish we'd gotten pictures of the food. You'll just have to trust it was amazing. So, afterward, we went for a walk. 

See? Go to Missoula. So pretty!

 

But while we were on our lovely dinner, lovely walk, holy-crap-this-might-be-a-date-night-in-the-middle-of-fire-season evening. his phone rang. As it is wont to do. Next stop, Kalispell.

And the adventure continued.

Firefighting 101

AKA Why are you LIKE this?

It has been pointed out to me that I have new readers who, while they may have a general idea how all this works ~ they are friends of mine after all ~ might also appreciate a quick tutorial on what all of this means. SO!

Every summer here in the US, the west catches fire and burns like crazy. Sometimes, it happens because of lightning strikes; sometimes it happens because people are stupid and careless. Sometimes the seasons are very bad and houses and people and animals die. Sometimes, the seasons are light and the damage is minimal. Usually, the season is somewhere between those two extremes.

What I call fire season tends to last from June through September. We stop making plans with friends or reservations to do things in May, just in case. We don't make plans until the end of fire season is near. There's no way of knowing exactly when that will be, but you get a feel for it after a while. But, this year is a good example ~ when we all left Yakima, we were saying, "see you in a couple of days" because there was no way fire season was over for us. We haven't seen each other since, because the fire season is wrapping up after all.

When the call comes that the season has started, it comes on Day 1, we leave on Day 2, and My Favorite goes to work on Day 3. It's that fast. Usually, the end of fire season is that fast, too. As I said, you get a feel for it. There's a sense of we're going to be done in a few days. We usually are.

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Helicopters are and will be referred to by many names, including: ships, birds, aircraft, iron, heavy iron, and, indirectly, stick, as in "the pilot on the stick."

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There are two types of contracts for fire helicopters: Call When Needed (CWN) and Exclusive Use (EU). A CWN ship is the gun for hire. They are part of the national fire resource and can be called up anywhere they are needed, for as long as they are needed. An EU ship has a contract ~ usually 90 or 120 days, but not always ~ to sit in one area or region and be ready to respond to a fire there. There are pros and cons to both, which I'm sure we'll get into eventually.

The last several seasons, My Favorite has been on CWN ships.

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You will notice that sometimes I post super regularly. Other times, it's sporadic. Yeah, it annoys me, too. Sometimes, what I write will be humorous, erudite, and captivating. Sometimes it will be dry as dust and nothing more than a litany of what has happened recently. I apologize now for the dry ones. 

We go through periods/seasons where it's so fucking interesting and cool and there's a new story almost every day! Then we go through periods/seasons where we're in the same small town for weeks: he's flying; I'm writing; and that's all.

I think if you click "follow" over there, you'll get an email whenever I post, interesting or dull. Or not. I know there's a way to do it, but I don't know what it is. Would someone who's done it chime in? Thanks!

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Very, very occasionally, I will run one of these through Google translate. Some of my friends aren't native English speakers (HI! I love you!). And while they're all learning English, if a story is particularly crazy, I may post translations at the end of the post. Along those lines, I may translate words or idioms. Also, beloved non-native-English speaking friends, please forgive any mistakes in your language. You know I have no idea what it says down there. 😆

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Finally, why do I still use pet names instead of real ones? After all, the internet is different these days; no one uses pseudonyms or handles any longer, blah blah blah... Except I want to be able to post pictures and tell honest stories and swear a lot and be silly and, and, and, and I can't do that if people (businesses, our respective places of employment) can Google us and find this blog. So, everybody still gets pet names.

Hopefully, this helps. As always, I'm glad you're along for the adventure.

Turkish: 

AKA Neden böylesin?

Tüm bunların nasıl çalıştığı hakkında genel bir fikre sahip olsalar da (sonuçta onlar benim arkadaşımdır) yeni okuyucularım olduğu, ayrıca tüm bunların ne anlama geldiğine dair hızlı bir öğreticiyi takdir edebilecekleri söylendi. BU YÜZDEN!

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Burada, ABD'de her yaz batı alev alır ve deli gibi yanar. Bazen yıldırım çarpması nedeniyle olur; bazen insanlar aptal ve dikkatsiz olduğu için olur. Bazen mevsimler çok kötüdür ve evler, insanlar ve hayvanlar ölür. Bazen mevsimler hafiftir ve hasar minimumdur. Genellikle mevsim bu iki uç arasında bir yerdedir.

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Yangın mevsimi dediğim şey, Haziran'dan Eylül'e kadar sürer. Her ihtimale karşı Mayıs ayında arkadaşlarla plan yapmayı veya bir şeyler yapmak için rezervasyon yapmayı bırakıyoruz. Yangın mevsiminin sonu yakın olana kadar plan yapmayız. Bunun ne zaman olacağını tam olarak bilmenin bir yolu yok, ancak bir süre sonra bunun için bir fikir ediniyorsunuz. Ama bu yıl iyi bir örnek ~ hepimiz Yakima'dan ayrıldığımızda, "birkaç gün sonra görüşürüz" diyorduk çünkü bizim için yangın sezonu bitmemişti. O zamandan beri birbirimizi görmedik çünkü sonuçta yangın sezonu kapanıyor.

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Sezon başladı çağrısı geldiğinde 1. Gün geliyor, 2. Gün ayrılıyoruz ve Favorim 3. Gün işe gidiyor. Bu kadar hızlı. Genellikle yangın mevsiminin sonu da bu kadar hızlıdır. Dediğim gibi, bunu hissedeceksin. Birkaç gün içinde işimizin biteceğine dair bir his var. Biz genellikle öyleyiz.

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Helikopterler, gemiler, kuşlar, uçaklar, demir, ağır demir ve dolaylı olarak "çubuktaki pilot"ta olduğu gibi sopa da dahil olmak üzere birçok isimle anılır ve anılacaktır.

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Yangın helikopterleri için iki tür sözleşme vardır: Gerektiğinde Arayın (CWN) ve Münhasır Kullanım (EU). Bir CWN gemisi, kiralık silahtır. Ulusal yangın kaynağının bir parçasıdırlar ve ihtiyaç duyuldukları sürece, ihtiyaç duyulan her yerde çağrılabilirler. Bir AB gemisinin bir bölgede veya bölgede oturmak ve oradaki bir yangına müdahale etmeye hazır olmak için ~ genellikle 90 veya 120 günlük, ancak her zaman değil ~ bir sözleşmesi vardır. Her ikisinin de artıları ve eksileri var, buna eninde sonunda gireceğimize eminim.

Son birkaç sezondur, Favorim CWN gemilerindeydi.

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Bazen düzenli olarak süper paylaşımlar yaptığımı fark edeceksiniz. Diğer zamanlarda, sporadiktir. Evet, beni de rahatsız ediyor. Bazen yazdıklarım mizahi, bilgili ve büyüleyici olacak. Bazen toz kadar kuru olacak ve son zamanlarda olanların bir ayinden başka bir şey olmayacak. Şimdi kuru olanlar için özür dilerim.

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Çok ilginç ve havalı olduğu dönemlerden/mevsimlerden geçiyoruz ve neredeyse her gün yeni bir hikaye var! Sonra haftalarca aynı küçük kasabada olduğumuz dönemleri/mevsimleri yaşıyoruz: o uçuyor; Ben yazıyorum; ve hepsi bu.

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Sanırım oradaki "takip et" e tıklarsan, ilginç ya da sıkıcı ne zaman yayınlasam bir e-posta alacaksın. Ya da değil. Bunu yapmanın bir yolu olduğunu biliyorum ama ne olduğunu bilmiyorum. Yapan biri müdahale eder mi? Teşekkürler!

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Çok, çok ara sıra, bunlardan birini Google çeviri aracılığıyla çalıştıracağım. Arkadaşlarımdan bazıları anadili İngilizce değil (HI! I love you!). Ve hepsi İngilizce öğrenirken, bir hikaye özellikle çılgınsa, yazının sonunda çevirilerini yayınlayabilirim. Bu satırlar boyunca kelimeleri veya deyimleri çevirebilirim. Ayrıca, anadili İngilizce olmayan sevgili arkadaşlar, lütfen dilinizdeki hataları affedin. Biliyorsun, orada ne yazdığı hakkında hiçbir fikrim yok. 😆

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Son olarak, neden hala gerçek isimler yerine evcil hayvan isimlerini kullanıyorum? Sonuçta, internet bugünlerde farklı; artık kimse takma ad kullanmıyor, falan falan filan... Ama ben fotoğraf gönderebilmek, dürüst hikayeler anlatabilmek ve çokça küfür edebilmek ve aptal olmak istiyorum (işletmeler, ilgili iş yerlerimiz) bizi Google'da bulabilir ve bu blogu bulabilir. Yani, herkes hala evcil hayvan isimleri alıyor.

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Umarım, bu yardımcı olur. Her zamanki gibi, maceraya eşlik etmene sevindim. Merhaba, siz ikiniz! Kartpostallar...ikiniz için...ilginç olduğundan (ama Samet, şimdi daha kolay olabilir), senin de burada olduğundan emin olmak istedim. Kartpostalları göndermeye devam edeceğim! Ama ön yüzlerini de burada yayınlamaya başlayacağım. İkinizi de seviyorum.

Portuguese:

AKA Por que você é ASSIM?

Foi-me dito que tenho novos leitores que, embora possam ter uma ideia geral de como tudo isso funciona - afinal, eles são meus amigos - também podem apreciar um tutorial rápido sobre o que tudo isso significa. TÃO!

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Todo verão aqui nos Estados Unidos, o oeste pega fogo e arde como um louco. Às vezes, isso acontece por causa de quedas de raios; às vezes acontece porque as pessoas são estúpidas e descuidadas. Às vezes, as estações são muito ruins e casas, pessoas e animais morrem. Às vezes, as estações são leves e os danos são mínimos. Normalmente, a temporada está em algum lugar entre esses dois extremos.

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O que chamo de temporada de incêndios tende a durar de junho a setembro. Paramos de fazer planos com amigos ou reservas para fazer coisas em maio, por precaução. Não fazemos planos até que o fim da temporada de incêndios esteja próximo. Não há como saber exatamente quando isso acontecerá, mas você tem uma ideia depois de um tempo. Mas, este ano é um bom exemplo ~ quando todos nós deixamos Yakima, estávamos dizendo, "nos vemos em alguns dias" porque não havia como a temporada de incêndios acabar para nós. Não nos vimos desde então, porque a temporada de incêndios está terminando, afinal.

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Quando chega o telefonema de que a temporada começou, ela chega no dia 1, partimos no dia 2 e My Favorite vai trabalhar no dia 3. É muito rápido. Normalmente, o fim da temporada de incêndios também é rápido. Como eu disse, você sente isso. Parece que terminaremos em alguns dias. Normalmente somos.

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Os helicópteros são e serão chamados por muitos nomes, incluindo: navios, pássaros, aeronaves, ferro, ferro pesado e, indiretamente, bastão, como em "o piloto no manche".

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Existem dois tipos de contratos para helicópteros de incêndio: Chamada quando necessário (CWN) e Uso exclusivo (UE). Um navio da CWN é a arma de aluguel. Eles fazem parte do recurso nacional de fogo e podem ser acessados em qualquer lugar, pelo tempo que forem necessários. Um navio da UE tem um contrato ~ geralmente 90 ou 120 dias, mas nem sempre - para sentar em uma área ou região e estar pronto para responder a um incêndio lá. Há prós e contras em ambos, dos quais tenho certeza de que iremos abordar um dia.

Nas últimas temporadas, My Favorite esteve nos navios da CWN.

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Você notará que às vezes eu posto super regularmente. Outras vezes, é esporádico. Sim, também me irrita. Às vezes, o que escrevo será engraçado, erudito e cativante. Às vezes estará seco como poeira e nada mais do que uma ladainha do que aconteceu recentemente. Peço desculpas agora pelos secos.

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Passamos por períodos / temporadas em que é muito interessante e legal e há uma nova história quase todos os dias! Em seguida, passamos por períodos / temporadas em que ficamos na mesma pequena cidade por semanas: ele está voando; Estou escrevendo; e isso é tudo.

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Acho que se você clicar em "seguir" ali, receberá um e-mail sempre que eu postar, seja interessante ou chato. Ou não. Eu sei que há uma maneira de fazer isso, mas não sei o que é. Alguém que fez isso interromperia? Obrigado!

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Muito, muito ocasionalmente, executarei um deles no Google Translate. Alguns dos meus amigos não são falantes nativos de inglês (Oi! Eu te amo!). E enquanto todos estão aprendendo inglês, se uma história for particularmente maluca, posso postar traduções no final do post. Nesse sentido, posso traduzir palavras ou expressões idiomáticas. Além disso, queridos amigos que não falam inglês, por favor, perdoem quaisquer erros em seu idioma. Você sabe que eu não tenho ideia do que diz lá embaixo. 😆

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Finalmente, por que ainda uso nomes de animais de estimação em vez de nomes reais? Afinal, a internet é diferente hoje em dia; ninguém usa mais pseudônimos ou manuseia, blá, blá, blá ... Exceto que eu quero poder postar fotos e contar histórias honestas e praguejar muito e ser bobo e, e, e, e eu não posso fazer isso se as pessoas (empresas, nossos respectivos locais de trabalho) podem nos pesquisar no Google e encontrar este blog. Então, todo mundo ainda tem nomes de animais de estimação.

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Esperançosamente, isso ajuda. Como sempre, estou feliz por você estar junto para a aventura. Olá meus amigos! Eu queria que você soubesse que significa muito para mim ter você lendo aqui. Nossos textos são tão especiais, mas isso vai garantir que você realmente esteja atualizado de onde estou.

Arabic:

AKA لماذا تحب هذا؟

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لقد أُشير إلي أن لدي قراء جدد ، في حين أن لديهم فكرة عامة عن كيفية عمل كل هذا - فهم أصدقاء لي بعد كل شيء - قد يقدرون أيضًا درسًا تعليميًا سريعًا حول ما يعنيه كل هذا. وبالتالي!

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في كل صيف هنا في الولايات المتحدة ، تشتعل النيران في الغرب وتحترق بجنون. في بعض الأحيان يحدث ذلك بسبب الصواعق. يحدث ذلك أحيانًا لأن الناس أغبياء ومهملون. أحيانًا تكون الفصول سيئة للغاية وتموت المنازل والناس والحيوانات. في بعض الأحيان ، تكون الفصول خفيفة والضرر ضئيل. عادة ، يكون الموسم في مكان ما بين هذين النقيضين.

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ما أسميه موسم الحرائق يميل إلى أن يستمر من يونيو حتى سبتمبر. نتوقف عن التخطيط مع الأصدقاء أو الحجز للقيام بالأشياء في مايو ، فقط في حالة. لا نضع خططًا حتى اقتراب نهاية موسم الحرائق. لا توجد طريقة لمعرفة متى سيحدث ذلك بالضبط ، لكنك ستشعر به بعد فترة. لكن ، هذا العام هو مثال جيد ~ عندما غادرنا ياكيما جميعًا ، كنا نقول ، "أراك في غضون يومين" لأنه لم يكن هناك طريقة انتهى بها موسم الحرائق بالنسبة لنا. لم نر بعضنا البعض منذ ذلك الحين ، لأن موسم الحرائق على وشك الانتهاء.

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عندما تأتي المكالمة مع بدء الموسم ، تأتي في اليوم الأول ، ونغادر في اليوم الثاني ، وتنتقل "المفضلة" إلى العمل في اليوم الثالث. إنه بهذه السرعة. عادةً ما تكون نهاية موسم النار بهذه السرعة أيضًا. كما قلت ، تشعر بذلك. هناك شعور بأننا سننتهي في غضون أيام قليلة. نحن عادة

المروحيات سيشار إليها بالعديد من الأسماء ، بما في ذلك: السفن ، الطيور ، الطائرات ، الحديد ، الحديد الثقيل ، وبشكل غير مباشر ، العصا ، كما في "الطيار على العصا".

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هناك نوعان من عقود طائرات الهليكوبتر لإطفاء الحرائق: الاتصال عند الحاجة (CWN) والاستخدام الحصري (الاتحاد الأوروبي). سفينة CWN هي بندقية الاستئجار. هم جزء من مورد النار الوطني ويمكن استدعاؤهم في أي مكان يحتاجون إليه ، طالما هناك حاجة إليهم. تمتلك سفينة الاتحاد الأوروبي عقدًا ~ عادة 90 أو 120 يومًا ، ولكن ليس دائمًا ~ للجلوس في منطقة أو منطقة واحدة والاستعداد للاستجابة للحريق هناك. هناك إيجابيات وسلبيات لكليهما ، وأنا متأكد من أننا سنصلحهما في النهاية.

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في المواسم العديدة الماضية ، كانت My Favorite's على متن سفن CWN.

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ستلاحظ أنني أحيانًا أنشر بشكل رائع. في أوقات أخرى ، يكون متقطعًا. نعم ، هذا يزعجني أيضًا. في بعض الأحيان ، سيكون ما أكتبه مرحًا ومثقفًا وآسرًا. في بعض الأحيان يكون جافًا مثل الغبار وليس أكثر من مجرد سلسلة مما حدث مؤخرًا. أعتذر الآن عن الجافة.

نمر بفترات / مواسم يكون فيها الأمر ممتعًا للغاية ورائعًا وهناك قصة جديدة كل يوم تقريبًا! ثم نمر بفترات / مواسم حيث نكون في نفس المدينة الصغيرة لأسابيع: إنه يطير ؛ انا اكتب؛ و هذا كل شيء.

أعتقد أنه إذا نقرت على "متابعة" هناك ، فستتلقى بريدًا إلكترونيًا كلما أنشر ، مثيرًا للاهتمام أو مملاً. أم لا. أعلم أن هناك طريقة للقيام بذلك ، لكني لا أعرف ما هي. هل يمكن لشخص فعل ذلك أن يتناغم؟ شكرا!

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في كثير من الأحيان ، سأقوم بتشغيل واحدة من هذه من خلال مترجم جوجل. بعض أصدقائي ليسوا متحدثين أصليين للغة الإنجليزية (مرحباً! أنا أحبك!). وبينما يتعلمون جميعًا اللغة الإنجليزية ، إذا كانت القصة مجنونة بشكل خاص ، فقد أنشر ترجمات في نهاية المنشور. على هذا المنوال ، يمكنني ترجمة الكلمات أو العبارات الاصطلاحية. أيضًا ، أيها الأصدقاء المحبوبون الذين لا يتحدثون اللغة الإنجليزية ، من فضلك اغفر أي أخطاء في لغتك. أنت تعلم أنه ليس لدي أي فكرة عما يقوله هناك. 😆

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أخيرًا ، لماذا ما زلت أستخدم أسماء الحيوانات الأليفة بدلاً من الأسماء الحقيقية؟ بعد كل شيء ، الإنترنت مختلف هذه الأيام. لا أحد يستخدم أسماء مستعارة أو مقابض بعد الآن ، بلاه بلاه بلاه ... إلا أنني أريد أن أكون قادرًا على نشر الصور وإخبار القصص الصادقة وأقسم كثيرًا وأن أكون سخيفًا و ، و ، ولا يمكنني فعل ذلك إذا كان الناس (الشركات ، أماكن العمل الخاصة بنا) يمكنها البحث على Google والبحث عن هذه المدونة. لذلك ، لا يزال الجميع يحصلون على أسماء حيوانات أليفة.

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نأمل أن يساعد هذا. كما هو الحال دائمًا ، أنا سعيد لأنك على طول الطريق للمغامرة. نوران ، هذا فقط لأجلك. حاولت أن أضع اللغة العربية أولاً (أنت قبل ذلك الطالب الآخر) لكنني أجد صعوبة في إعادة التنسيق إلى اليسار إلى اليمين بدلاً من اليمين إلى اليسار. على الرغم من ذلك ، سأكتشف ذلك ، وستتم استعادة القائمة بترتيبها الصحيح.