My kids are easily entertained..........

This weekend we stopped at the park in Clear Creek, Lassen County. The duck pond had quite a few ducks. These two ducks followed us around looking for food. Every time the ducks went underwater to eat, my kids yelled 'Duck Butt!' When both ducks went under at the same time, the kids yelled 'Double Duck Butts!'. It was cute. I know the older they get, the less interested they will become, so I am enjoying these years.

Sunday in Chester

This old barn sits on the edge of Chester, close to Lake Almanor. I love old barns. I need to come back and take some photos of this early in the morning sometime.

Autumn is upon us. My favorite time of year!

The rest stop outside Chester is a great place to view Lake Almanor. Normally in early fall, the lake is nice and blue. Sunday it was totally covered by smoke.

The smoke from the Moonlight fire wasn't that bad at this point, Sunday, September 9. It had been worse a few days before this.

I love visiting Chester and walking around at their little gift shops. Its a great place to spend an afternoon. Most of the tourists have gone home for the season, so its not crowded. Its a lazy little town which is fun to visit. For more information on Chester and the surrounding areas, check this website: http://www.plumascounty.org/

Sunday afternoon..........

Eagle Lake, September 9, 2007.

The Orange Lichen is pretty cool. Its all over these rocks along the bike trail just past the Gallatin Marina.

These baby fish were EVERYWHERE near the marina. They stayed close to the rock wall jetty. The Western Grebes were close by too. Easy eating for them.

Heading in the for the day.

A little smoky, but a great way to enjoy the day.

Eagle Lake near the marina.

Sunday was a beautiful day to be on the water. There was little wind around lunch time, but the fishermen had already been out and back in by this time.

The chipmunks at Eagle Lake are known for not having fear of humans. This little guy followed us around for a bit.

Smoke from the Moonlight Fire over the top of Diamond Mountain. This was seen from Eagle Lake Road.

This past Sunday, the kids and I spent the day with my mom. We spent the day at Eagle Lake, Chester, and Clear Creek. I will post some photos today, and the rest later this week. We had a great time.

Its not fog, its smoke.....

These photos were taken around 11 am on Friday, August 7th. The smoke seems to have thickened since then. There is little to no breeze, so the smoke is just sitting here.

Today I was hoping to get some nice photos of the river before the leaves change during autumn. No such luck. The smoke from the Moonlight fire is thick. It reminds me of the fog in Sacramento when I was a kid. Luckily Sacramento's fog is gone by lunchtime while the smoke here is getting thicker as the day goes by.

FYI - After school sports at Lassen High are cancelled for today. Lassen was supposed to play Enterprise at home tonight. Looks like they will be playing in the valley tomorrow, unless the smoke clears by early morning.

Check these sites for up to date information on the fire:

http://www.yubanet.com/fire.shtml

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/978

4 p.m. Update

The wind has really kicked up. That is good and bad. The good part is the smoke that was close to the ground is moving out. But, wind is never good for fire fighters.

For uptodate fire information, photos, etc, check out the local newspaper online:

http://lassennews.com

Labor Day Sunset, Start to Finish.........

We can thank the fire for the amazing sunset on Labor Day! I was happy to get these photos. My zoom lense needs to be sent in for repairs.

More Moonlight Wildland Fire Photos

These photos were taken between 4:30 and 5 pm from various locations in Susanville and the golf course areas. We were running errands and took advantage of our time out and about. The smoke clouds were huge and covered a good portion of the area.

Moonlight Wildland Fire

4:15 pm on Labor Day

Its still fire season here in Northeastern California! Yesterday afternoon a grassfire along Ames & Gold Run Roads broke out. Fire crews contained it and put it out quickly. Just after that fire was out, a new fire about 12 miles outside Susanville started. The Moonlight Wildland Fire is located in Plumas County. The smoke can be seen coming over the Diamond Mountians. By evening, Susanville had a cloud cover of smoke. Ash was falling in certain areas and a golden glow was cast upon us. This morning its still pretty smoky. For information on the fire status, check here: http://inciweb.org/incident/978/

My camera lens needs to be sent off for repairs. For the past few weeks I have been unable to get it to focus well. Some of these photos are not in focus, or are grainy. So blame my lens, lol.