High Adventure. I have a Optimus 8H stove that was $ 12.95. M 1956 Surplus gear Load Bearing Equipment from Laradas. All canvas but I switch to a nylon one for the alleged wet weather. Yellow Front, WW II canteens, mess kits and a lot of Levi pants. Popular, every thing else including White Sierra J...

At home in Payson had a half inch of rain and then another storm with a quarter inch of rain the other day.

I bought a large rubber replica of a Colorado River toad. Stuck it outside by the front door at work right after a rainstorm. It scared the hell out of a coworker. Was assigned to HR to watch a couple of videos that were close captioned with the bouncing ball.

One of the fire districts North of Payson has listed the fire west of Washington Park as the Vegetation Fire and the forest service is calling it the Washington Fire

Unspecified Resources diverted away from the Billy Fire.

Vegetation Fire apx. one mile west of Washington Park and reported earlier today at two acres. Strong winds midafternoon and the fire apears much larger and spreading west.

Lot of resources came thru Payson heading to the Billy Fire. The daily reports on the fire posted in Payson has not been updated since July 24th.

I have been using USGS topo maps for a number of years and have a large inventory of maps. If you are going to use for various activitys note the newer edition of maps have been edited and ruins, caves, mines etc are not on the maps. If you are using with a GPS take note of the map datum and set you...

Resulting in a snub nosed bear. I can just image a hillbilly hunter arguing with a game warden that its not a bear but a hairy boar.

When we started 911 we would get a "test 911 call". When the 911 operator realized it was not an emergency call they would just hang up resulting in the person calling back.

Doubled in size, almost 1400 acres.

Good rain last night and overnight in Payson. Was planning a trip to Tucson but Arizona State Museum is closed and no answer at the Geological Survey. Was also hoping for a monsoon storm as well.

Billy Fire apx 750 acres with zero containment. Type 3 Incident Management Team assigned with apx 170 crew members on scene. Murphy Ranch has been preped for strucural protection.

Thank you for the update, wish all well up there.

They missed the bird remains that spread its wings caused a short and fire.

Basin Fire NW of Flagstaff. Lighting caused forest service is planning to "Treat" 9,000 acres.

Jacobson fire at eight acres and forty-four percent contained.

Jacobson Fire Turkey Flat Area Mt. Graham. Started about 930 pm Monday, six acres.

Still use a stainless steel US military canteen dated 1944.

Was in the valley today and returning home on 87 near MP 215 North bound vehicle/brush fire. Think I was one of last to get through. Glad I passed the gas tanker at MP 210.