Yea, at mach 1 you can miss it[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] If you remember where Casa Grande is in the middle of nowhere[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] Then that's the turn off. Right now you can tell by the burned mountain sides[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Up in Diable crews have actually stopped working to conserve water in case the fire turns towards the house[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] Right now, the the fire is burning around Diablo Grande and one ridge away from eating up hundreds of expensive homes[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] One of our crews took pictures today and it looked like something from mars with the red/orange haze blocking the sun.

 

You guys keep your fires down there in the valley.. k?
we dont need any of that hassle up here. hahah

 

Oh yeah i can see smoke through our little view of the valley too.

ewww

 

The smoke cover has moved south of us now and its about 20 degrees hotter than yesterday. Yesterday it looked sort of evil in the sky.

 

Heck, with the fire in San Bernadino going and this one, I give it a week and you will be surrounded[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Just kidding!! it is getting nasty up here. Fire grew by over 8,000 acres over night last night[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

News showed a satellite picture of it from 22,000 miles up[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] the smoke was getting blown all the way to Nevada[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] Maybe they will sue us over their smog problems now[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

 

*cough* *cough*

Well. I imagine with our property the way it is itd be a pretty safe place if we did have some fires up here. And ive been told to just STAY PUT. Since were surrounded by feilds.. *shrugs* Got the horses to think about as well.
And theres plenty of escape routes..

But, this stuff does burn quick..

 

Well, it should be clear over in Salinas/Marina/Monterey where I'm headed tomorrow and Sat. Going over through Coalinga to pick up my bro in Gonzales, then coming back the "normal" way 156/152 so I guess I'll see it pretty good on Sat. But it might be dark by that time though. Hard to say. Leaving Marina about 5:30 or so.

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I went to Pebble Beach yesterday with a friend to drop off his 5th wheel for a huge horse show at the equestrian compound there. While hauling this behemoth 5th wheel, I got to see how well the Banks six gun PDA worked[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Pretty sweet, especially when it started sounding when the oil temp hit 225 degrees[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] After all it was 100 out[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] after looking at the situation and his alarm being set a little too conservative[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] we up the alarm to 245 and watch the temp. It didn't get over 236 and that was going up the long grade on Hwy 152 over Pacheco Pass. EGR stayed around 1300. What's funny was, when we hit 64 degrees in Monterey, the EGR dropped to around 250 degrees[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I can definately see the importance of watching your temps[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] especially towing these bigger units on a very hot day. On the down side, his mpg were around 6-8[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] but of course, if you can afford the big behemoth rigs[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] you should be able to afford the fuel to take them places[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] If not, no sympathy from me[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

We rented an '05 Taurus and I was really disappointed with the mileage. 22.5 or so. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Though I did see 99.9 briefly on the way back coming down Pacheco by San Luis Res. (80MPH in OD w/o cruise.) Not that I would ever speed. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Went through Pacheco both times. It was shorter that way since I was picking up a friend in Madera, than going the other way I had planned.

Game kinda blew. Oh well. We played 2, waited for the raffle and then bailed.

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