Firefighter Brian Britton, of Ojai, CA, throws flares unto a hillside during a backburn operation along Highway 1 in Big Sur, CA, Sunday, July 6th 2008. Firefighters continue to fight the Basin Complex Fire in the Los Padres National Forest near Big Sur Sunday. Fires have burned more than 800 square miles of land and destroyed at least 69 homes throughout California in the past two weeks.
Brother Alan and his wife Gloria have been vacationing in Colorado for the past week or so. I got an email from them (I should have gotten it yesterday but my spam filter caught it!) and it sounds like they are having a good time.
They spent some time visiting with our Aunt Marlene & Uncle Gene and their family in the Boulder area. They crossed the Divide in Rocky Mtn. Nat. Park where Alan says there is still lots of snow.
They went over the Old Fall River road on the 5th and it was the first day open. They plan to spend some time in the Ouray area —— soaking in the hot springs, taking a jeep tour of the San Juan mountains and the train ride from Durango to Silverton.
All great fun things to do! They will likely need a couple days to recuperate from the vacation when they get home.
I also want to note that Gloria’s birthday was last Thursday and I forgot her on the calendar. That has been corrected with my apologies! I’m really slipping here lately!
MjL 08 Jul 2008, 7:01 a.m.
I just returned home from the DMV. I passed the written test for my motorcycle license. Now all I have to do is practice enough to pass the driving test and I can scooter too! I’m glad TJ took the test before me because she gave me the book answers (as opposed to the real ones). There is more than one question where their answer has little to do with riding a motorcycle.
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