California 2018 – Page 2 – Not Your Average Engineer

December 3, 2018November 16, 2021

2018 Monterey Christmas Lights Boat Parade

The annual Monterey Harbor Christmas Lights Boat Parade was a lot of fun even though we were standing in the cold wind on the Coast Guard jetty. There were about 40 boats, two kayaks, and a half dozen paddle boards that participated. They first did a loop out to the aquarium and back, and then put on a show in the harbor for the judges.

This jellyfish and squid light display was by far the best in our opinion.

The boats came right in to the refueling dock so that everyone could see their lights up close.

Seasons Greetings from Monterey!

November 22, 2018November 16, 2021

Thanksgiving Skid Steer Day

The first snow of the season is at Forked Meadow now.

The cabin is coming along. It’s all closed in now and the sheet rock is up.

The meadows are so pretty in the snow.

The roof is slowly dumping the snow off as it warms up.

Time to put together this snow blower and get it setup on the skid steer.

All setup and ready to go. This can do three feet of snow at a time. My dad will be making good use of this over the winter.

My mom came down with a bad cold just before it was time to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Heather jumped in an pitch hit for her. I helped where I could.

Veggies ready to go.

Stuffing heading to the oven.

Pumpkin pie break.

Heather carving the turkey after letting it rest from the oven.

Green beans ready to go.

Gravy finishing up.

Time to eat!

Time to eat!

Just a little bit more skid steer work. Now to change the tracks over to winter rubber.

These things are heavy! Like 300-400lbs each. And they’re pretty challenging to change.

November 17, 2018November 16, 2021

Wildfire Smoke

We have a ton of smoke from the Camp Fire up in Paradise coming down to Monterey. Visibility is less than 500 feet right now. Good thing we’ve got an air purifier for our room and masks for going outside.