The official nightshift thread....

I love living where tourists only dream of living. I like the boost they give to the economy. However, when they come into town and jam into a place it makes it impossible to socially distance. I just stay away from places like Flathead lake and Glacier park. It will be nice when things get closer to normal like this winter. 😉

Does the other vet do S&R with a dog, or just happens to be a member of Search/Rescue who is also a vet?
Yes, @sufferlandrian I certainly agree with the "Please leave my town, tourists!" feeling. I guess I can't whine too much though as my family were the tourists who came every summer since I was 5. Didn't move here until after I was married.
I try to stay off the highway between May long weekend, and mid Sept. It's especially stressful with social distancing and mask wearing these days. I forgot that it was the Fri before the last summer long weekend, and took Mom & Dad out for their first foray to a store in almost 6 months. OMGoodness everywhere was packed! Mask wearing in our car and in the stores was fun especially since Mom was getting annoyed about masks - due to Lewy Body Dementia she can't figure out what is going on from one moment to the next. The past couple days she keeps telling Dad that they 'need to pack and go home from this hotel.' Dad just keeps saying they will when they feel better.

The other vet has tracking dogs. He gets called out a lot. Last weekend he got called out and tracked the guy to the waters edge of the lake where he told family he would be. Now the divers are looking for him.

I have a basic rule, don't hike alone in areas where you could get hurt and people don't go very often. I understand trying to get away to clear your head, but limits must be made.

We had a guy drown cliff diving here as well last weekend. He was down by Polson jumping into the Flathead River with a group of friends. He didn't come up and they found him almost 50 miles away near Missoula. It's a big river and moves faster than you think.

I have a day off today. I could do so many things and all I want to do is sleep.

That sounds like a humdinger of a schedule. Hope you have lot's more than coffee in your arsenal.

Moved into the new building. Now I'm struggling with knowing where anything is. Seems like it keeps moving too. Someone has an idea of where they think things would be better and move stuff so every night is an adventure in finding stuff.

The problem with living in red neck country is most of the wannabe cowboys think rules don’t apply to them. We saw a rodeo photo this week with zero social distancing and only five masks total in the whole grandstand that we could count. One those masks wasn’t being worn correctly. Wearing a mask with your nose uncovered is like wearing a condom with the tip cut off.

Hi all , I'm karlina from the uk , new member and came across your group 😊 I work nights in a care home , really struggle to maintain healthy lifestyle, I walk on average 5-10 miles a day , meal times are a mess I've slowly dropped from 9stone to under 8 in 6 months

Welcome! @karlinab1807. You'll probably be posting while we are asleep, lol. Time zone stuff. I'm in Security/Policing, sufferlandrian is a vet, and there are others in health care, hotel hospitality, and other occupations too. Things have been a bit quiet lately here, but us regulars carry on.

Oh yeah! The forest fires are back. We can smoke our food by just hanging it on the clothes line.

We don't have any locally but with a valley that is several hours long, the smoke from other fires can funnel up the valley. The wind shifted with a cold front and now we have the nice clean air coming out of Canada.

Finally downloaded some of the eagle release pictures from my phone. I have to edit the video clip yet as it is quite shaky (she moves so fast) and too long with her as a spot in the distance once she flew off. That will come later, when I have nothing better to do (lol.)
The couple who brought her back home from the O.W.L. Raptor Rehab Facility 600 km away.

Fellow on the left in khaki is the regular volunteer who was able to net and cage her at rescue.

I looked a little wrecked in this photo...had been dealing with sciatica for several days, but I couldn't miss this.

You can see her in the cage just before release.

A quick jump out... (local newspaper photographer in background)

Off she flies toward one of the tall cottonwoods on the foreshore.

Amazing

Freezing temps again here. Had to wait for my defrosters to clear my windshield this morning. Didn't think about the ice scraper in my door until after the truck was warmed up.

Yeah! It's cold and flu season!