Month: July 2014

Foto Friday, 7/18

Only one each today, as I have been sans Jeep since Monday. It wouldn’t start up here in no man’s land, and couldn’t get a AAA tow out until today, so trying to upload from home, always iffy with photos.

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Enjoy!
For Barbara: it is a cheetah, the only large cat that will not attack a human, even if cornered. We were on the Masai Mara Game Preserve. Didn’t get as close to her as we did the lions, maybe 50 feet here. Cheetahs are a little more skittish. When she was finished drinking, she wandered over to the top of a small hill, behind and to the left here, where she could lay down, and watch for prey. We followed at a distance, then left her to hunt, if she was hungry.

BSMAAC Meeting Date changed

Please note on your calendars; the 7/25/14 BSMAAC meeting has been rescheduled to Friday, October 31, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Lodge Conference Center, Pfeiffer State Park. Please also note on your calendars that the November 21st meeting has been cancelled. The quarterly BSMAAC meetings will resume in 2015 and we will forward the calendar as soon as we have secured the 2015 dates.

Road Conditions in Big Sur, 7/13-7/20

ROAD AND LANE CLOSURES SCHEDULED FOR JULY 13 –
JULY 20

MONTEREY COUNTY – Here are the major scheduled road and lane closures for Monterey County from Sunday, July 13, through Sunday, July 20, 2014 – newest information is in red. Please keep in mind that construction work is weather-dependent.

Highway 1 – Big Sur – Carmel: July 13 – July 18
Night time striping and markings replacement along Highway 1 at multiple locations from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
The locations are:
Sunday, July 13 – Carmel River Bridge to just north of Garrapata Creek Bridge
Monday, July 14 – Yankee Point Drive/Malpaso Rd. to just south of Hurricane Point
Tuesday, July 15 – Garrapata Creek Bridge to south of Molera Park Entrance
Wednesday, July 16 – South of Bixby Creek Bridge to Grimes Canyon
Thursday, July 17 – North of Molera Park Entrance to Grimes Canyon
Work hours are 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Sundays
Work will result in reversing one-way traffic control.
Motorists can expect delays of approximately 15 minutes.

Highway 1 –South Coast: July 15 – July 18
Daytime work along Highway 1 between Pacific Valley and Vicente Creek Bridge from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Motorists can expect delays of approximately 15 minutes.

Highway 1 – Big Sur: July 17 – July 18
Daytime shoulder work along Highway 1 between the Big Sur Maintenance Station and Garrapata Ridge Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Motorists can expect delays of approximately 10 minutes

Highway 1 – Big Sur: July 15
Daytime pavement repair along Highway 1 between the Big Sur State Park Entrance and Hurricane Point from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Motorists can expect delays of approximately 10 minutes

Foto Friday, 7/11

Here is a local one that was supposed to go up last week, but didn’t.

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And here are a couple from Africa:

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When a Big Rig gets lost, locals are entertained

This was up Willow Creek. They thought they were on Nacimiento. Took them 3 hours to get out. This is a photo story. Photos by Rock Knocker.

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Interlake Fire

8:00 pm – there were eventually four fires – might have been someone dragging a chain, but all have been stopped.

“Foreword spread on all four fires stopped. Structure threat mitigated. Inner Lake Fire 50 acres, Oak Fire 10 acres, Lake Fire 6 acres. Very good stop by all resources.” (WLF hotlist.)
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5:00 pm – Oh dear. Got a couple of fires going in South Monterey Co.

CA-BEU- Interlake
South Monterey County near Lake lake San Antonio Bradley, CA

200 acres rapid rate of spread in heavy brush 3 Strike teams and structures are threatened , 4 air tankers 3 dozers

That’s just one. There is a second.

Personality One, #15

Wasn’t sure this one, or any subsequent installments were going to make to the blog in a timely manner, but the computer gremlins smiled on me. My digital copy, which is a PDF I keep in my iBooks library, disappeared – along with every other PDF, all books, current and past, and stayed disappeared for almost a week. I couldn’t figure out what happened, where they went, and how I could get them back. My last resort was trying to update my system software from wifi somewhere. I tried, but it didn’t seem to be updating. Despite that, somehow, they all just as mysteriously reappeared.

To prevent any further interruptions, now that we are nearing the end, I took screen shots of all the remaining pages, so now I have it in two places. No worries we will finish Don Harlan’s delightful tale.

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Illegal Campfires

3:20 pm – need to add another one to the list!

07/05/2014 15:11 LPF-1908
New Wildfire Ponderosa CG . E17LPF . . . 35.999 x 121.386

Look at all the call-outs for illegal campfires yesterday and today in the LPNF alone!

07/04/2014 12:36 LPF-1878
New Wildfire REYES CR CG MP Illegal campfire . . . . 34.681 x 119.306

07/04/2014 14:44 LPF-1883
New Wildfire NACIMIENTO RIV CG M Illegal campfire . . . . 36.004 x 121.394

07/04/2014 20:26 LPF-1889
New Wildfire ARROYO SECO CG M . . . . . 36.236 x 121.484

07/05/2014 11:44 LPF-1897
New Wildfire MIDDLE LION CMP O Illegal camp fire 7EDW5 E51LPF . . . 34.550 x 119.162

07/05/2014 12:58 LPF-1902
New Wildfire UPPER OSO CG SB Illegal campfire . . . . 34.556 x 119.773

I just don’t get it. There are really that many unconscious, unaware people in the LPNF? When stupidity puts others lives at risk, imposition of the fine is in order. I hope they all had to pay the $5000. Fine – that would pay for some patrolling costs!

Six years ago today, this blog came into existence. What did I do with my time before bigsurkate? Oh, yeah, I worked. 😉