July 4th: we had our first clinic today for the newly-formed DFT Cat 4 women's team.  I think it went well, it is fun to see more women getting into the sport!  Watch for them at Niwot, I expect big things ;)

7-3-08: today I had an absolute blast.  It just so happens that DFT rider Kent is a fire fighter for West Metro FD and he arranged for me to join their station on its calls today.  I knew Kent was a cool guy but as it turns out, he is "the man" when it comes to fire fighting.  Here he is riding shot-gun in the rig: 

That's the seat the shot-caller sits in, which means Kent has a lot of responsibilities when they respond to a call.  In addition to being an awesome group of guys, they are true professionals and very good at their jobs.  I better not write about the call we responded to for confidentiality sake but I'll just say that I think everyone in the district should feel very safe and secure with these guys on the other end of the 911 calls. 

Thanks to the gang for answering all of my questions and sharing your day with me!  It was a great day full of laughter which reminded me that "life is good!"          

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