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Mullet Migration
Just a quick link.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poPKsFQcQE4I actually saw this when I lived in Florida. It was an incredible sight.
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Drought ReDo
The other day my wife and I were talking about our water usage. During a normal Winter we use about 3000 gallons every month. When you consider baths, dishes, and laundry on a monthly basis, it's...
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Upper Lake Camping
Upper Lake is a 5 day, 4 night camping adventure. Our site comes with water and electric with a dump on the way out. Thursday is mostly traveling for the 4+ hours it takes us to get there and the rest...
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Upper Lake Camping The Part I Forgot
When you have a huge old post like the one prior, us Geezers tend to forget a thing or two. Later on Sunday, my son, daughter-in-law, and I went back to the dock with the magnet fishing gear to finish...
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The Fire Alarm Incident
Smoke detector update. Smashed, ripped apart, it still beeped. The smoke detector from Hell. Now in the trash can to be picked up and disposed of tomorrow morning. Good riddance.You all have fire...
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Ya Want Hot?
How can you not love a place that looks like this?We had a trip planned to see this National Park in March this year, that was until the leaking trailer vent incident. OK, enough with the pretty...
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Hope Valley Camping
If you recall the post from April 13th, I showed a picture of an old Indianapolis race car with DA Lubricant on it and mentioned that I worked for them for 10 years. Before that jigsaw puzzle I also...
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Fire Update
We made reservations for our stay at the Hope Valley Campground six months ago. We do this for a couple reasons. First to make sure we have a space when we get there and second is to plan our camping...
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The Destruction Continues
Back on June 11th I posted about the amount of water needed to maintain the front grass. Well, it's been a little more than a month and I thought I give an update on the drought redo of the front yard....
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Campground Evacuation
Got a notice this morning (7/23) at 9:23 from Recreation.gov notifying us that the Hope Valley Campground (see the post from 7/17) has been closed as of 7/16 and we are to evacuate immediately because...
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A True Hero
This from one of my distant cousins:You're a 19 year old kid.You are critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .Its November 14, 1965 . LZ (landing...
View ArticleHuge Milestone
I bet you thought this was going to be something about the fires in California. Nope. I bet you thought this was something about how the lawn was dying. Nope. But it is. I bet you thought this was...
View ArticleUpdate to the July 22nd Post
Back to that post. Interesting how the game plan changes week by week and sometimes day to day. I won't include a new picture as the front lawn looks the same as the second picture on 7/22.I've...
View ArticleWhat Are You Thinking
I just read an article on NBC that said in Louisiana, the state's coronavirus hospitalizations reached record levels Tuesday, with 2,112 people admitted. According to the Health Department, about 90...
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Why Wear A Mask
Watched a YouTube video by "Beau of the Fifth Column" yesterday. He was talking about an upcoming Garth Brooks concert. Garth Brooks said that if you're not wearing a mask, you will not be admitted to...
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California Continues To Burn
There are currently 12 fires burning in California alone. The biggest is the Dixie Fire of course. As of this morning 635,728 acres with 33% containment. It's been burning for 35 days. The Caldor Fire...
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Had we still lived in Volcano. These are voluntary evacuations as of this morning. Amador CountyShenandoah Road at the Amador County line west through the River Pines community, continuing west on...
View ArticleAnother Fire Update
As of this morning. Caldor Fire - 98,149 acres 0% containment. My son will probably not be allowed to return to his home for a couple weeks. Dixie Fire - 721,298 acres 37% containment. Monument...
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The Latest On The Caldor Fire
I'm not one for praying, but I'm certainly hoping that my son's home doesn't become a fire statistic. Below is the Cal Fire map from this morning. The dotted line is the perimeter of the fire as of...
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A Little Humor For Your Friday.
Everything has been so negative lately I thought a little humor might be called for. RED SKELTON'S RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage,...
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