Rocky Fire - April 21. 22 acres. Exactly one month earlier than last season we arrive on our first fire of 2008. To get to the fire we traveled some Gila N.F. back roads I'd never experienced. To sum it up it was 4 hours and a rough ride to the SW of the Gila. When we arrived the fire was 2/3rds lined by engine crews. Our assignment was to take the east flank up some fairly step terrain to complete the line. We arrived at dusk and worked well into the night. The experience was good for the new folks and to get the kinks worked out.