This is a very particular type of hammer – any idea what it’s used for? As a hint, it’s single use. That use isn’t pounding beer bottle caps into a log.
The Satus Pass fire cost me hours of re-routing. You’d think everything along US97 would be done burning in four days, but it wasn’t. You’d think I’d check to see if the road was open before I left, but I didn’t. The new detour I took shaved time off the other one, but it was still hours long.
When I was at the north end of the detour, the road said “closed due to fire”; looking south, I couldn’t see any smoke – nothing but grey sky. Same from the south end looking north (hours later). Once I drove about 30 miles into Oregon, I could actually see the smoke.
I had to circle the block to take a picture of this statue of Pfc Thomas Tucker; mostly to see the details on the M4.
Of course, the night sky looks great out there.
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