The long haul is over. I left Colorado on April 13th with Erin who was on my Americorps crew last year. After 13 hours of driving and a night sleeping in the car at the Reserve Ranger District station we arrived at the Negrito Fire Base. The closest town is 30 minutes away (Reserve). The next closest town that actually has produce and cell service is over an hour (Socorro).

At the base we have a bunk house where we share a room with another crew member. My bunk mate is Jesse who is from New Mexico and is also starting his second year of wildfire. As for phone and internet we share two land lines since we have no cell service. Rules for the phones are: No calls made or received during work hours. Sun -Thur, 8am - 6pm. Phone calls are also prohibited after 10pm curfew. For internet same rules apply however the US government blocks sites such as Myspace.com. Leaving simple Google.com searches, Blogger.com and email.

You can request my phone numbers via email.