My daughter is learning to play golf. She is on the Bonsall West Golf Team and attends the Arrowood Golf Academy. Perhaps, she will be the next Annika Sorenstam? I figure if she can at least learn to be a decent golfer she can get a golf scholarship as there as many women's scholarships as there are for men, Title IX!!!

 

For those exiting Fallbrook and Bonsall a make-shift evacuation center has been set-up at the Towne Center Plaza, at the junction of College Blvd. and Highway 76.

There will certainly be questions of gas price spikes, already at $3.09 yesterday they have jumped to $3.19.



I am unsure what transpired here but there were four police cruisers that had pulled this truck over. Fallbrook is under mandatory evacuations...could this truck be coming from there, loaded with loot?


This is the view of Sleeping Indian Road facing north...

Here is the intersection from where the above picture was taken.

This is the backside of Sleeping Indian, recall that this is the hill we have a view of from our balcony.

This view is loooking downhill on Sleeping Indian, the view is of part of the Fallbrook area.


After coming down the hill I decided to go as far east as I could. Two miles down Highway 76 at the one-stop-light intersection in Bonsall. The Sheriffs department had all of us blocked. No where to go, except back via the San Luis Rey Golf Course...

The golf ourse is San Luis Rey Downs, I belong to the men's club, and there really people playing! Can you imagine, playing with a mask.

The hood of my Ford Expedition is covered (as everything here is) in ash.


This view is looking southeast of our home, and upper corner you can barely make out the sun. It is mid-morning and one would expect lots of sun and clear sky.

This is a shot of our home in Oceanside.

The air is getting heavy as the ash and smoke have settled in around here. I am trying to convince my wife to go to Los Angeles to stay with family for the sake of our daughter and her Grandfather (heart and respirtory problems).

This is the first impression of Escondido that I am able to capture. I am looking southbound on Centre Parkay at Felicita. The roads and city center are a ghost town. The orange overcast is exactly as it was yesterday, 10/22/2007. There are no individuals out and about, the smoke is thick and the wind is blowing hard. Detritis is flying everywhere. This is the closest to a nuclear winter that I care to be...



This view is from Interstate 15 looking southbound. Again, it is a weird feeling to be driving on a normally bump to bumper freeway. Not a sole to be seen, police, fire and all other emergency vehicles are busy fighting the fires.



This picture kind of captures what one sees as you are driving around, just scorched earth, it reminds me of a moon or martian landscape. Sorry for the graininess, but I had to shoot while driving.

Here is the view as I begin to pull up Pomerado Road up to the Retirement Center, literally the fire was licking at the foundation of what we call 'Casa.'


This view is off the balcony leading from our Master Bedroom. The hill that you see is Sleeping Indian, the Rice Fire and Mission Fire are due east of that hill.
This view is looking due east off our balcony. As I have described we are surrounded by fires, and just around our little area is free of smoke, and is perfectly clear. North of us is the smoke for the Rice and Mission fires in Fallbrook, CA. To our south is smoke from the Witch Creek Fire (the largest of the fires).


This view is looking directly aouth. The smoke is from the Witch Creek Fire.

The lights are flickering here now and then, so I will post this and edit later. Please, if you use these photos attribute them under copyright, all rights reserved by Eric Jay Addington, I Dig Photos.

Julie and Gary...what no drink?
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A kisss for, well, whom?
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Are they enjoying themselves?
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What's with the pose guys?
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Ivan and his wife...
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Molly and Eric at Hula Grill, enjoying a beer!
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Gary and Julie anjoying their Mai Tai's! Gary, where is your hand???
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The 2004 President's Club winners, Maui February 2005, congrautlations!
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Here we are at the Hula Grill, everyone enjoyed a beer, a Mai Tai, and some appetizers...
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There is nothing like a sunset in Maui.
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I felt like I was flying with my heads in the clouds!
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The fluffy clouds came and went.
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The ubiquitous footprints in the sand.
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Preston is in search of a drink, too. The Mai Tai's were good and the company was great!
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Mai Tai Molly!
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Preston goofing off! This statue is of two divers, I think. One is holding the other up, and here perspective is everything! Preston was looking for a statue of Atlas holding the world on his shoulders.
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Ah, the flowers. Very pretty!
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This was taken at the airport as we arrived in Maui. This is Preston, Molly's manager. He was there with his wife, Mallory. It was great to spend some time with them, they are very nice people. Look at how happy Molly is, she is ready for some R&R!
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Dad, Conner, and Samantha take a moment to rest (fleeting though it was). I just wish I had an ounce of their energy!
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I took this the weekend before we left for Hawaii. We were watching Extreme Home Makeover, and playing around. We were wrestling and throwing popcorn around, and just had a very fun night! Conner and Samantha were trying to throw popcorn up into the air and catch it in their mouth, very cute!
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Here is the closest I came to getting a whale on film. This whale was playing in the surf. He would breach many more times, but he (or she for that matter) was a good mile away, so I was pretty lucky to get this shot. There are 5000 whales migrating to (from) Alaska. We saw many of them playing around, some adults and baby whales, too.
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You can almost reach out and touch the moon!
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More shots from the early morning.
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This shot was Molly's favorite. This early morning on Wednesday...it is very peaceful on the island.
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Molly and I walked the beach back from Lahaina to the Hyatt. We had to cool our feet off in the surf...
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Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, I had no idea that it really existed. So, the question is, what came first the movie or the company?
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Flowers, flowers, everywhere! Oh what color!
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In Lahaina Harbor, this derelict was merely lying on it's side. It has to have been there for a while, as you can see the build up of barnacles and algae. Part of a natural reef[?].
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Here I am, legally standing in front of the tree.
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