Month: August 2011

Possible Fire?

One of my neighbors spotted a plume south of N-F RD and east of Cone Peak. I see nothing from here, and am having trouble With my Internet, so doing a quick post from my iPhone, hoping to get this up. I can’t check my usual sources for verification, so if anyone wants to check, and post their findings, please do so in the comment section below.

I have no information to confirm or refute this and would love to know what is going on.

Please keep each other posted, while I continue to work on getting reliable Internet, again.

Hunters and Campers

The hills are absolutely crawling with hunters and campers this weekend, as deer season has started.

I counted the campsites coming up last night after dark, and I counted 15. Most of those were hunters. I counted campfires – only 3. Not a single one of the hunters had campfires. They had stoves and lanterns. It was the campers who had fires, and one of them was very large.

Campfire and campers galore

But before heading up the mountain, I was treated to this on the coast:

Now that I’ve successfully got these two images posted, I will go back to the fog, and see if I can post those two. Enjoy. Several announcements tomorrow.

Summer Fog aka, Pea Soup

It is summer. It can be and has been foggy on the coast. It has been high and thick on and off for days!

It is one of my favorite times to photograph the forest. Here are a few I took recently.

I had three I intended to upload, and may yet, tomorrow, but for now, this is all I have the patience for. My internet service — or something — has been less than sporadic for a couple weeks, now. I am getting beyond frustrated, and so, when I have the time, a call is in order. More when I can.

Try it again…okay, maybe not.

Fire Engine in Big Sur Valley

If you heard and/or saw the engine heading south, it was not a fire, but a traffic collision about a mile south of Pacific Valley Station. Not to worry. Clear and warm (dare I say hot?) in the hills of the South Coast.

Upcoming Public Meetings

Sorry I haven’t been in cyberspace for a bit. End of summer approaches, and it is as if there is a frenetic energy for out of town visitors to beat the Labor Day crowds. My aunt and uncle come every year for a month to Pismo Beach, and it is my one time to visit, so I often go spend a few days down there. Out-of-state visitors are also coming for a visit in the next few days, and Rock Knocker has needed my help on some overnight projects lately, too. Of course, I squeeze some work in between all of this. Summer photos shortly.

Several Cal-Trans meetings are being held in the next two weeks that are of interest to all of us.

The first is regarding the design of the viaduct at Rocky Creek:
“HI Everyone,

We have scheduled our first Aesthetic Design Advisory Committee (ADAC) meeting to discuss the aesthetics of the proposed Rocky Creek Viaduct (bridge) railing, that will be constructed along the ocean side of the structure and will be designed to not only protect errant vehicles from the edge but also bicyclists and pedestrians.

The meeting will be held at the Big Sur Station Multi-Agency Facility on August 10, 2011 starting at 10:00 AM and lasting until approximately 1:00 PM or until we mutually agree we’ve covered the topics.

A packet of information will be emailed out to everyone prior to the meeting.

Thank you everyone for your participation!

Ken Dostalek
Caltrans, District 5
Project Management

805-549-3133
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The second addresses the truck climbing lane between Rio Rd. and Carmel Valley Road: