Saturday, December 27, 2008

Non-traditional

Visiting friends and family, I'm reminded again and again how odd our lifestyle is. We talk to people who are grateful they don't have to work until after New Years- I don't have to work until mid-February. They go to the office at 8, return home after 4:30. I too go to the office at 8, but may not return home for 18 days or more. During those work days away, it isn't unusual for me to help set hundreds of acres of forest or grassland on fire, cut down hundreds of trees, and cook most of my meals over an open fire. My office is the public lands of around half of the country; that is very cool. I can see a time coming when the road time and sheer grinding physicality of it gets old, but for now it is fun.

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