More than a Campfire at Camp Pendelton

Oct. 14 2008

I want to thank everyone who wrote with there concern. I am safe, there are plenty others who have been affected, much more than me, to say the least.

As the picture shows, I was heading toward the fire most of the day. The same NE Santa Ana winds that stoked the fire, blew the smoke away from me and out to sea for most of the day.

Pedestrians were barred from using the bike route through Camp Pendleton…it would normally have closed at 5PM, I wasn’t there till 6. I had to walk/run on hwy 5 for about 9 miles.

The fire seemed about 2 miles away, maybe more as I walked along hwy 5. I couldn’t see flames, it was on the other side of the hill, but I could see the bright orange glow.

When I arrived in oceanside, it was raining ash. Many people were evacuated. Jennifer and I met and prayed for a deaf woman who wasn’t able to take with her much else but her cat.

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