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Things look a lot better this morning. Lots of helicopters flying around and a big fire-retardant dropping plane is also on the scene. A couple of the helicopter crews are using a field at one of the local schools to fill up with water via a hose and fire hydrant.
Been a busy afternoon. My brother’s house and neighborhood was put on mandatory evacuation around 4:30 this afternoon, so we were kept busy getting everything loaded into trucks and vans to move to a safer place. There is a small reservoir over the hill from his house where the fire fighting helicopters have been picking […]
Seems all to early in the year for this to be happening already! A bit before 2pm fire was reported in the foothills above Santa Barbara in the Jeusita area, no roads but several hiking trails pass through the area. Current temp is about 83˚ F (28˚ C) with winds about 20-25 mph (30-40 kmh). […]
This past weekend I rented the Nikon 200-400mm f/4 lens and drove a couple hours up the coast to the San Simeon area along highway 1 to photograph the Northern Elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), which are now on the beaches in good numbers while moulting. The weather was quite dissapointing with rain on Friday and […]
Back home in sunny foggy Santa Barbara now. Arrived around midnight Tuesday night after an uneventful, but long day of travel. For some reason while flying, I always get stuck next to the person with some awful cough. The 11 hour flight from Munich to San Francisco was no different, with the guy sitting across […]
On my last Sunday in Germany we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and take one last tour of the Franconian countryside. First stop was to Walberla and then we made our way to Hohenstein for one last Windbeutel.
On Tuesday afternoon I’ll be walking onto a plane in Munich and flying 10,000km west, to California. It’s been a constant battle to stay here in Germany (the legal way, that is), but I’ve finally run out of options, for now. The last weeks have been busy while trying to take in as much of […]
On Easter Sunday we took a lazy afternoon trip over to the historic city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. It’s one of the cooler cities that I’ve been to here, and judging by the hordes of guidebook carrying tourists of all nationalities, I’m not alone in my thinking. A cool old wall surrounds the town, […]
Finally made a visit to Europa Park the other week. Sort of like Disneyland, but the park is themed after the countries of Europe; So there is a “France” region, a “Scandinavia,” an “Italy” and so forth. Got lucky with some nice spring weather; first time I’ve put on sunblock in a long time. Only […]
Spring has arrived here in the Oberpfalz. Growing up in southern California, I never knew seasons. But after a long winter here in northern Bavaria, the first leaves of spring are nothing less than magic. And by now the forests are nearly completely green, as if the winter had never existed in the first place. […]
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