These pictures were taken in late June of 2007, while working with Alec Johnston's camp on Folklore's Millar Western job.




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I set up my trailer when I arrived then went out to view some blocks with Peggy, and when I got back to camp, I found that I had company in my bed!



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Flying trees into a block.



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It took me a while to figure out what these were. Apparently, they are Alpacas, which is a South American camelid. See wikipedia if you want to learn more.



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Peggy, checking out some GPS coordinates.



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A photo of the inside of the tent kitchen.



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Chris Bergen, former planter, now one of our helicopter pilots.



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Unloading trees in the morning.



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Stefan, one of the foremen.



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Making a plan for the day.



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Alec, the camp supervisor.



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Caption 11.



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A clean crummy, with all of the crew's fire gear and first aid gear.



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Caption 13.



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Caption 14.



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A colorful pumpjack near the staging area.



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Laughing at the plots.



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One of the nicer cut-blocks.



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Caption 18.



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Hooking up a sling.



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Coming back to the cache for more trees.



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Cody, another of Alec's foremen.



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Caption 22.



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Checking a tree.



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Caption 24.



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Bagging up.



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Hard at work.



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A wild rose.



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Working through some slash.



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Getting slings ready in the morning.



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Caption 30.



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Caption 31.



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Untangling a net.



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Alexis, the head checker.



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Getting more slings ready in the morning.



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A not-so-colorful oil tank near staging.



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Waiting for the chopper.



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Discussing plans.



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Alexis, throwing a plot.





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