Fire Camp - July 15 - Aug 5, 2021, 2021

 We made it to the airport around 4:30 AM in the morning, July 15th. Our fire bags packed and ready to go. The Spokane International Airport long term parking was really tight for our 1 ton dually truck, but we got it in. The flight to Reno, NV was uneventful, and we arrived and awaited pickup. It took 45 minutes or so, and we got picked up and were on our way to Potelo, CA where the fire camp was. 

This is fire camp. Where our sleeper trailers are. A good nights sleep for the firefighters on the front line.

Our fueler truck

As soon as we arrived, we found out that the camp was moving to a remote spot just outside of Beckwourth, CA. Nothing but sage brush and cow pies. But it quickly became a fire camp.

The IT trailer. Where the firefighters check in and we assign them a trailer and bunk.

We had 12 sleeper units, 42 beds per sleeper. Our job was to clean and sanitize the sleeper trailers twice a day. Once in the morning at 6 AM, and again at 6 PM. Some fire fighters work 12 hour shifts, and some 24 hour shifts. Our trailers provide conditioned air for their good nights sleep. 

Later on I got to be a fueler and keep the generators fueled up with diesel fuel.

After 7 days, the fire suppression was winding down, and we were given the option of going home, or to a new fire camp. We opted for a new camp.

More camp pics.

The Dixie fire. We had 35 sleeper units moved in to the fair grounds in Quincy, CA. This place became a city. We had laundry services, mess hall, showers, and everything you need to establish a fire camp. We were sleeping over 1000 fire fighters everyday. I became the fueler at this camp,

The fire got kinda close to us. We do have an exit plan.

It put on a nice show for us.

I worked as a fueler, keeping the diesel generators running in all our sleepers.

and later on I worked with a new Lubrication trailer to change oil in the sleeper units generators.

nd Donna was helping with housekeeping. While at this camp, Donna maintained the cleaning tables with water, cleaning rags, gloves, trash bags, cleaning chemicals (D7), and buckets. 

Some of the working crew.

These are the lounge units we live in while we are out there.

Cleaning the sleepers.

Working in the IT, where we check in the firefighters and assign them a bed.

Meetings every morning.

Working on the AC units

Working on the generators

After 14 days at this camp, we were asked if we wanted to go home. 

We decided to go ahead and go home (to our RV), and renew our prescriptions repack our bags, and Donna needed to see a doctor about her finger nails and how they are wasting away. More on that later.

So we are back in Washington, at our moochdocking site, taking care of a few things before we go out again.

The Fergs out .......

Little Diamond Thousand Trails And A Move to Moochdock, WA - July 14, 2021

 We are staying at the Thousand Trails park, Little Diamond near Newport, WA. We are here waiting to be called out to work at a California wildfire for the Mobile Sleeper Company we work for. The place we plan on parking the RV while we are gone (for who knows how long) is at our friends place in Deer Park, WA. They are already out on a fire and so we are expecting a call soon too. The temps are close to and over 100 degrees everyday, so we are doing this park with hookups till we go. 

Here is a look at this park.

The entrance.

Check in.

The dump

Little Diamond lake

The lodge

The pool

Around the campsites

It is strange, half KOA, and half Thousand Trails

We soon will be leaving this park. We just had a 12 day reservation. We are going to go ahead and move over to our friends, Tim & Bev's place. We will be moochdocking there. I can get water at their place, but we will rely on our solar setup for power. No problem there, except for the very hot temps. So, we went to the local Harbor Freight and I picked up a Preditor 3500 generator to use when the temps require the use of our air conditioner. 

The reviews were good on this one so we shall see how it goes. We are going to move in a day or so and will be using it.

Then....Bam! There is the phone call we have been waiting for. The California wildfire camp at the Beckwourth Complex fire needs additional workers. We leave Spokane International Airport at 0625 on the 15th. So we packed her up and made the 10 mile move to Tim & Bev's place.

Great place to park!

Thanks to them, we have a nice place to leave our rig. I have a brand new bottle of propane to keep the fridge running while we are gone. The temps were up there, so I got to test out our new generator. And it works perfectly.

A great addition to our boondocking arsenal. Solar is great, but sometimes you need air conditioning.

Next post ..... fire camp!

The Fergs out .......