Good Fire (2023)

“What in the heck is going on with your property!?” (lop and scatter QC hill) Lumber stacked everywhere, branches and brush cut and then thrown on the hillside, black charred spots everywhere…what’s going on?! (Answer – “lop and scatter”.) We acquired our first (overgrown, fire prone) property in summer 2020, and promptly got to workContinue reading “Good Fire (2023)”

Route Rec’s: From West (CA – Sac/SF/Bay)

Lynda grew up in Antelope/Roseville, which is also the last “urban” area before the mountains, so all stops are from Roseville on – sorry Bay Area friends, you’re on your own until Sac. 😉 The Practical Roseville/Rocklin last urban areas w all the big box stores along fwy Costco in Roseville/Galleria Area Trader Joe’s inContinue reading “Route Rec’s: From West (CA – Sac/SF/Bay)”

How to: Caltrans Quickmap (desktop browser)

Navigate to https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/, it will pull up a blank map: Click the first “quickmap” menu to open the options, then select “road conditions”. We recommend checking for “chain controls” and “snow plows” primarily. Clicking on an individual alert from the map will pull up more info – which direction (east/west bound), when it was lastContinue reading “How to: Caltrans Quickmap (desktop browser)”