Hotshots

We usually make a point of stopping by the California Trail Interpretive Center near Elko, Nevada. This time we passed by a crew cutting sagebrush by the roadside (as a fire break). They were having a great time with their chainsaws and hard hats under the summer sun. Their trucks said that they were the Ruby Mountain Hotshots (firefighters). For some reason all the guys (they were all guys) had long beards so it looked like a convention of ZZ Top impersonators.

I love the smell of freshly cut sagebrush.