St Louis County Rescue Squad

Smokey the bear took a seat in the Sherp at a recent truck night at South Ridge School. He’s had a busy fire season so far in the northland. Today brings some much needed rain, but remember to keep a close eye on your campfire and have a plan ready to put it out when the time comes. (Tanya 7396 photo)

Sometimes the evening sky puts the world into perspective and our place in it more succinctly than any conversation, book, or event. This evening had that magical depth of space that the human eye perceives but technology fails to grasp.

Orion hovered on the horizon watching over the waxing crescent moon with Venus blazing its own beacon, the light somehow distant and far but right there gives a sense of awe and change.

As the evening sky switches from winter to summer we too have been busy gearing up for the switch to warmer weather. This week we prepped the winter gear for the summer storage, winter machines for a protected off season and began sorting through the summer gear that has peaked at us from our gear stash like a hunting dog being left home when the shotgun comes out. The summer machines prepped and ready to come out. The in between season is almost over. Training and equipment being switched over is just another sign we survived another winter. Be safe out there! (7299 Pete photo)