Nor Cal & North SF Bay GTG (November 11-14, 2022)

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what a great weekend!!!! I had a blast and learned a lot as always. you all are a great group of people. thank you so much for your hard work and great times!
 
Did cut Flaming 8' Pampas Grass though
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And worked on a couple New to me saws
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And started to rehab a citizen drop-off
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So not too bad, I suppose
 
Phfffftt. We had bigger flames in the fire pit! Nice saws though.

Except photo is from 1/2 mile away .
Pampas Grass forest fire on marsh across from San Quentin.
1 hr to stop spread, 6 hrs of mop-up
Stubborn, smoldering pains in the A**
 
We spent most of our time at Robert Louis Stevenson Park helping with some maintenance tasks. Plug these coordinates into Google Maps to see where we were: 38.650151, -122.601982
Here is one of the trees going down.
The camping area:
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Where we worked: Mt St Helena
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Patty and Trevor admiring the scenery
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In the foreground is only some of the oak we cut and split. Many chains died due to embedded nails, cables, ceramic insulators buried in the wood.
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A quicksilver mine in the park. We didn't venture beyond the entrance.
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I didn't much else in the way of pictures, but some others (ckelp, where are you?) did.
 
Thanks Tyler for the hospitality and everyone else for a great get together; awesome country and good times. I lucked out and missed all the hardware in that oak but the full chisel chain I was running went dull quick; will have some semi-chisel on hand next time. Really appreciated the wealth of experience present. Looking forward to the next one.
 
Thanks for a great weekend and GTG. I enjoyed working with you and as always I learned some things while I was up there. My friend Glenn had a great time too.

I'm sorry i wasn't able to stay Sunday to help out. Looks like everything went well. I am already looking forward to next year.

Bob
 
The Demon Dog and I just arrived to a cold house. I had a good time and it seemed quite luxurious to be hooked up to running water. I believe the Demon Dog enjoyed it too, but she is very happy to be home. We made a slow trip home up the coast and there were no all night raves to be had and the traffic was pretty polite. I think I leapfrogged past Madhatte in Crescent City. Looked like he pulledover to make a phone call.

We are back in the great mildewed north. I quit wearing shorts yesterday. Thanks for hosting a good time and giving us Warshington people warmth and sun. That can be a rare thing in November. Now to continue unloading.....
 
I think I leapfrogged past Madhatte in Crescent City. Looked like he pulledover to make a phone call.

Exactly right! I was getting directions to the restaurant where I met Randy and Annie for lunch.

Note that I was most of a day behind due to a scorching hangover that made progress Monday slow and painful. I only made it as far as Eureka, and that took until after dark. Oh well, that's what vacations are for.
 
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