Last Saturday we took a drive over to the coast principally to enjoy the scenery and I thought we might make it down towards Santa Cruz and the Lockheed fire which is currently burning in northern Santa Cruz county. At the time the fire was 15% contained but now it is over 70% contained with no injuries or deaths and only a few buildings destroyed.
After a stop a the beach and a place called the Pie Ranch, (hmm yummy pies) we did get down near the fire along route 1 which was still open to the public.
In fact there was a creek that the fire fighting helicopters were using to refill their buckets and drop on the fire line which was about a mile or so away. The wind was blowing in the opposite direction so we had a clear view of the water filling and dropping operations. It was at the same time sad and exciting. I took a few pictures before the batteries ran out on our camera. You can see the helicopter and the smoke in the hills behind.
Oh yeah we also hit a chilly beach and saw some kite and wind surfers taking advantage of the strong winds.
After a stop a the beach and a place called the Pie Ranch, (hmm yummy pies) we did get down near the fire along route 1 which was still open to the public.
In fact there was a creek that the fire fighting helicopters were using to refill their buckets and drop on the fire line which was about a mile or so away. The wind was blowing in the opposite direction so we had a clear view of the water filling and dropping operations. It was at the same time sad and exciting. I took a few pictures before the batteries ran out on our camera. You can see the helicopter and the smoke in the hills behind.
Oh yeah we also hit a chilly beach and saw some kite and wind surfers taking advantage of the strong winds.
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