Who Wants To Give Lake Castias Another Whirl?

[cjpoppin]

I just called the Lake and asked about the smoke and the lady said the skies were clear and no smoke.  I was worried because the wind has changed and we were starting to get smoke from the fire up here in Apple Valley.  So maybe it's a good thing we're heading out of town.......It's not so nice anymore around here....See Ya soon.   Carol

[Sue Hardee]

I just called the Lake and asked about the smoke and the lady said the skies were clear and no smoke.  I was worried because the wind has changed and we were starting to get smoke from the fire up here in Apple Valley.  So maybe it's a good thing we're heading out of town.......It's not so nice anymore around here....See Ya soon.   Carol

Thanks, I was going to do that, I mean call cg.  I called my mother who lives in Ventura and she said no smoke there and as long as we get a westerly breeze we will be fine but if an east wind gets going we are in trouble...like Wayne has said the weather looks good until the weekend anyway...See ya there...we should have a big enough fire for a great BQ on Saturday..All we need to do is throw a couple of burger against the mountain and WAHLA cooked anyway you want them....kidding aside I am bringing Corn on the Cobb for everyone..Sat. night. as my side dish.

[wavery]

I just called the Lake and asked about the smoke and the lady said the skies were clear and no smoke.  I was worried because the wind has changed and we were starting to get smoke from the fire up here in Apple Valley.  So maybe it's a good thing we're heading out of town.......It's not so nice anymore around here....See Ya soon.   Carol

Apple Valley is about 120 miles due east of the fire. You should find some relief at Casitas as long as the wind doesn't shift to the north.

Just so that no one is going uninformed here........if the wind picks up out of the NORTH (the fire is 5 miles North of Casitas), that fire could be in Casitas in the matter of a few hours. As we all know, that type of scenario happens in SoCal nearly every summer.

Back in 1980, 250 homes were burnt to the ground in Bradbury Estates, near Duarte, CA in just such a situation. We went to bed that night watching the fire go over the top of the mountains behind Duarte/Azusa. At mid-night there was a wind-shift and by 5:AM there was a firestorm that traveled at 30mph.

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glp&search="bradbury%20estates"%20fire%201980&img=\na0023679437451146571.html

[Sue Hardee]

Apple Valley is about 120 miles due east of the fire. You should find some relief at Casitas as long as the wind doesn't shift to the north.

Just so that no one is going uninformed here........if the wind picks up out of the NORTH (the fire is 5 miles North of Casitas), that fire could be in Casitas in the matter of a few hours. As we all know, that type of scenario happens in SoCal nearly every summer.

Back in 1980, 250 homes were burnt to the ground in Bradbury Estates, near Duarte, CA in just such a situation. We went to bed that night watching the fire go over the top of the mountains behind Duarte/Azusa. At mid-night there was a wind-shift and by 5:AM there was a firestorm that traveled at 30mph.

We may need to take turns fire watching...Sounds like you are thinking of not going?? We saw how fast the fire spred in S.D.  My kids had to evacuate.  If we are told to leave I would leave the trailer and just go.....

[Russinator]

We may need to take turns fire watching...Sounds like you are thinking of not going?? We saw how fast the fire spred in S.D.  My kids had to evacuate.  If we are told to leave I would leave the trailer and just go.....

Take it from a retired firefighter. That would be the smart thing to do.  Russ

[wavery]

We may need to take turns fire watching...Sounds like you are thinking of not going?? We saw how fast the fire spred in S.D.  My kids had to evacuate.  If we are told to leave I would leave the trailer and just go.....

Our 2 sons lost their house in the SD fire.

We are still going. We will just turn and leave if we smell smoke.

[wavery]

It looks good. They are forecasting W to SW breezes which should keep the smoke away from the CG.
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0799.html

[wavery]

I'm going to call today..we are leaving tomarrow morning.. so we will probably be the first campers in so I can call you and let you guys know how bad it is. or better yet My Cell phone # is 858 229-9175.  I won't have your #

I just talked to Sue and she said that it's clear up there so....it's still a go for us :-()

[kimrb266]

A great weekend camping with SCCamper friends.  We enjoyed this trip, needless to say the waterpark a BIG hit with the kids (big and small).
 
Saturdays BBQ was great, thanks for all the good food.  We really enjoyed the campfires.  Thank Brad and Mary for dropping by.
 
Here's a few photos (the first few are of san clemente, sorry I made an error downloading).
 
 
http://family.webshots.com/album/559991752mesPIO

[wavery]

A great weekend camping with SCCamper friends.  We enjoyed this trip, needless to say the waterpark a BIG hit with the kids (big and small).
 
Saturdays BBQ was great, thanks for all the good food.  We really enjoyed the campfires.  Thank Brad and Mary for dropping by.
 
Here's a few photos (the first few are of san clemente, sorry I made an error downloading).
 
 
http://family.webshots.com/album/559991752mesPIO

Thanks for the pics Kim.

BTW, we really like the t-shirts.

A good time was had by all......

[kimrb266]

Thanks Wayne, we had a wonderful time and wish we could have stayed longer but unfortunately, we had to be home today so Josh & Sarah could get assessed for pre-school.
 
Wayne - If you're interested in an SCCampers shirt, you can sign up for one on the "Speaking of Shirts" thread.
 
If there is interest next year, we would be happy to wagonmaster it.

[cjpoppin]

Just got home today around 4 P.M. we had a blast and the weather was perfect from what I hear the heat was on up here in Apple Valley so we lucked out having such nice and cool days.......( compared to desert heat )
Thanks Kim for getting this one going and look forward to staying again sometime......Now I must get my things washed and repacked so we can leave on Wed for the next camping event at Canyon RV......See Ya Soon.......When I get back from next campout I'll post my pic's......carol