Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

Thats the coolest house- what is it called again?
A Swedish something IIRC?

 

It’s a Swedish Torp house in Falu red.
Torp (architecture) - Wikipedia

Falu red - Wikipedia

 

Not surprisingly, this abnormal heat wave resulted in two major fires in So Cal. The one in the San Bernardino mountains is threatening two of my favorite campgrounds along the 38 in the Barton Flats area and Green Valley Lake near the 18. Worse than that, it is working its way towards the cities of Running Springs and Big Bear. Praying they get some containment today.

 

My wife grew up in nearby Crestline and Lake Arrowhead. We still have family in Redlands. I saw it was 5% contained as of this morning.

 

That is truly lovely.

 

I can't believe how crazy things have gotten --- I got totally spoiled working from home, and being able to goof off a bit, and still get my work done. This new gig is really cramping my style!!! Not sure how long it will last, I'm finding that (for those who know the DISC test) my boss is a "HIGH" D. On the very farthest most part of the pie chart. I'm either an SC or a CS.

The best description of the types, is a "D" is a boarding lion(ess), who will run through the forest doing whatever it needs to get accomplish its goal. Gets things done certainly, but is a fearsom beast. The "C" is an is very methodical, and loves rules. An "S" is a yellow lab --- will do anything for praise, and absolutely hates conflict.

Well...I'm a cs or an sc (depends when I take thes test) and this does not work well with the "D" --- I've come home every night this week exhausted and licking my wounds. Not sure this is going to end well. But, I suppose we'll see.

I"m thinking of taking my skills to the RV world --- I give advise to all kinds of people in other forums I am a member of --- maybe I can make some money doing things for people --- about the only thing I can't do is things that take lifts, like Slides and rooftop ACs - But the latter I think I could find a way. I find in almost every case its bad control boards and loose wires or plumbing fixtures. I was thinking about doing something like this in 2020 anyway but then the rules all change overnight.

BUT! CICO is coming --- just need to make the bed from the last trip, fill the tanks and fridge, and throw in a very special beverage I have been saving since April

 

Hope to see you there.

 

Hope that your family stays safe, Redlands is still OK. They are up to 18% containment but just issued an evacuation order in Big Bear from the dam east to Wildrose Lane and south to Bluff Lake basin.

For anyone in or camping in an area at risk of wildfires I can’t recommend the Watch Duty application highly enough.

 

This app looks great. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

Wow! Very detailed info!

 

Thanks for the App recommendation. I have shared it with family in California.

 

Great pictures!

 

I'm totally with you on that! I think, actually, I enjoy travel days as much as I do stays. The hum of the road, listening to a good podcast...I some times think I should have been a professional driver...

Same for night driving -- too many critters on the road, not to mention idiots who just shouldn't be driving...not to mention insanely bright low-beam lights

 

I put some LED headlights (JW Speaker) in my wife’s 2015 Jeep and she was constantly getting flashed by other cars. I adjusted them down a bit and that seemed to help.

 

nice pics. What were the water temps? We rented a cabin in 2014 near Munising, MI and the water temps were around 40. The folks there were saying it was a colder longer winter than normal and it was usually warmer than that. I got in all the way up to ankle.

 

Many new vehicles with led head lamps have a control for lowering the beams when towing, but who bothers. It seems to me that Jeeps have the worst headlights for oncoming traffic.