Hey LEJ, I'll take you up on that. The 'snort is still standing and so am I. But I'm a bit sore from hauling firewood and brush and such away from the house. Um, by the way, what _are_ those BLM frequencies? Huh? Pretty please? I found a web site that had them for the front range but there isn't much happening on them. A lot of griping elsewhere from the amateur radio guys about how BLM took over and shooed them away. "We don't need you now." You speak of aircraft, I was seeing some that were a dead ringer for the old Dakota or DC3 but they had four engines. Now I know they are DC4's. Well that makes sense then. I saw one that I am sure was a B18. That's an old bird. Ah, the fire report for ye all: Going up on a rocky dome behind the house instead of seeing solid smoke with flames peeking through, it is smoke here and there. The fire bombers and crew (I hear there are over a thousand of them now) made good headway yesterday. The report is 25% contained.The lack of wind sure helped. Oh, and last word was that the Eldorado fire near Boulder is completely contained. All the crews are bracing for high winds predicted today. That's going to make things hard for the crews. Thank the good Lord that no one has been seriously hurt or killed. There was a firetruck that was damaged when the fire "passed over" it. What an understatement. The crew fled to a house and escaped the blaze. They were airlifted out and treated for smoke inhallation. We have some friends coming in from Ohio today. I know 'Spaw, they will straighten this thing out. They called from West Kansas last night after seeing the news. We assured them that we are still here and they have a place to stay. Don't know how this will all turn out but our friends will have something to talk about when they return home. I was also on the phone with Steve, our guitar player. Some of you met him at EJ's. He has the cars all packed and ready to pull out if need be. I'll let you know what happens today.

Rex