fire season

Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 03:07 AM ET

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The fire season officially opened today at the Chico Air Attack base.
The author is looking forward to starting their work for the season tomorrow, following their day off today.

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Finally getting to work. Fire season officially opened here at the Chico Air Attack base today and since today was my official “day off” I get started tomorrow. Really looking forward to it.

pwagstaff

Patty Wagstaff is a six time member of the U.S. Aerobatic team and a three-time U.S. National Aerobatic champion. She flies for the California Department of Forestry during the summer months. In Pattyâs monthly column, Let It Roll, she shares observations and philosophical meanderings in and beyond the air show arena as a flight instructor, life adventurer and experience-seeker.