Day 5


7/11/18
              This morning was probably the closest I have come to waking up warm so far, but unfortunately I had to wake up. But I made the mistake of waking up around 10 minutes late as I was just trying to stay warm and rest my eyes, and I accidentally fell asleep. Although it wasn’t noticeable that I had woken up, I was wide awake because I thought I had slept for half an hour or something. It reminded me of my earlier school and work days.
              We visited the Redmond Air Center, where we met Mike Gomez, who works for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. He didn’t have an interest in firefighter but got a summer job firefighting
while he was attending college. Now he created the Hotshot Crew and provides fire training for
wildfires. This made me wonder about whether I will ever change my mind, which sounds kinda
scary as I am hoping that I am sure of what I want to do, which so far I am, as I can’t see myself
doing anything else, yet I am trying to keep an open mind of any careers related to forestry or
wildlife.
              We also got to learn about what the smokejumpers do as Doug and Sam showed us
around their facility. One interesting thing I heard was that they had been working in the
firefighting business for like 5 or more years and they were still considered rookies. That was
pretty cool as it shows that their job never gets boring as they are constantly on the move, jumping
out of planes, learning new things, but the only thing that would suck would be carrying around 140
some pounds of supplies like food, tools, sleeping bags, etc., for about 10–15 miles to put out a
nearby fire. And I’m too lazy for that but it seems like a pretty interesting career. If I did go that
route I would probably try to be a pilot or join the air force because I have always wanted to
have superpowers to be able to fly, but sadly, that’s not possible so an aircraft would be
needed. Maybe I should just be a bird that flies and helps animals.


















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