Continuing my late updates…
On Sunday, May 6, we left the Komfort Kruisers and headed to the town of Acton, CA, to spend the week at a Thousand Trails park called Soledad Canyon. We’d not been at this park yet, and had heard mixed reviews. Some of the reviews pointed us to the right areas for the best Cell coverage, and that worked out. It’s section “N” if you happen to need to know. 🙂 Also, we found the train noise really not an issue if you are in sections away from the road, which is right next to the tracks. We did find it to be hot, but dry, and with the constant breeze, we mostly left the windows open and didn’t use the AC.
On Tuesday, May 8th, we were just hanging out. I was working, and Diane was busy on the Internet. It was near the end of the work part of the day for me, and I kept hearing sirens. I just thought it was an accident out on the road, or that the freeway was backed up, and they were using the canyon road to get around it. Then, a helicopter went over. Then another. And the sirens continued. I said something about there must be an accident, and then thought… OR A FIRE. I looked out the door and saw this…
- Soledad Canyon Fire
It was close. Wind was blowing the smoke away, but the fire will sometimes move towards the wind at its base, and the winds could shift at anytime, and as they sometimes do at dusk. Diane and I got to practice our “Rapid Relocation Drill” and get everything ready to roll out. We had the inside set, and the car hooked up, and everything but the electricity disconnected while we waited. It ended up that the Fire Departments hit the fire hard, and had it nearly completely knocked down in about 2 hours. Whew!
The rest of our stay was boring by comparison, and smelt of campfire when the winds did shift. On Thursday, Molly rejoined us, and on Friday afternoon, May 11, we headed back to the grand ole Menifee, CA.
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