Took a Year, but I finally mounted it.

 

Thing to eat because I wont see it for a year

This jar of kimchi.

Great flying weather in Los Angeles

 

The tuft of white to the bottom left of the center peak is my former employer, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Firefighting Day 3

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That is a lot of fire extinguishers.

Fire School Day 2 pictures

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Day one of Fire School at Rocky Mountain Fire Academy

Getting instructions on our breathing devices.



A 30 min carbon fiber air tank



A breathing mask



Testing our breathing systems by shuttling up stairs.



Made it to the top.



Pretty hot in these fire suits!



Ken can't wait to get his helmet off!



Relief for Randall's back



Heather lounging



Half a station supervisor



The gerbil tube



The worm tunnel



Heather did it the other way.



Tunnel from the outside



Day one done!



With fire gear on



With Heather



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We had the weekend off from winter-over training

And so we went to the Denver Oktoberfest and explored Denver.

Felipe with beers

Heather keg bowling

Professional eater Big Sexy Beard demolishing sausages. Quite a sight to see an artist at work.

Collateral Damage

Stein hoisting contest

Ken participating

Ken not hoisting anymore

A half golden, half spaniel, all cute

A horsie

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A cow

There was a wiener dog contest.

A shark-wiener

I see a jockey on a wiener or daisy dukes with the fur on it?

The clock tower