Small plane crash sparks rapid brush fire in Calif.

This was at USA Today. Finally seeing coverage of this one.
It has the video from KERO 23 in Bakersfield at the link.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-05/Small-plane-crash-sparks-rapid-brush-fire-in-Calif/50259870/1?csp=34news

Air Force Civilian Maintainers!

That being me.
This shot was by the CTF Photographer one day when he simply showed up on the line.
I was watching flight controls being run through as part of the launch process.
F-16 Falcon engines put out a lot of heat as you can see.

Doing what I do.

Sunday with the Grand Daughter

Took Bailee to the Base and Red Rock Canyon State Park.
Got some pictures for ya'all.

B-52 used by NASA from 1976 to 2004

Very first F-4C

The only two seat A-10. Actually designated YA-10B

Blackbird

From The Skunk Works

T-33 Shooting Star

YA-7D

Aardvark!

CT-39

F-84F

Gloster NF.11

Another of the Gloster

C-45 Expiditer

An H-3 variant

F-100 Super Sabre prototype

F-101B Voodoo

TF-102

YC-15, precursor to the C-17

Republic F-105. Thud!

F-106.

Century Circle Tower

The park has some really neat scenery!

An evening at the Ball Park

Yesterday evening, I took my granddaughter to a baseball game in Adelanto, just north of Victorville. We saw the High Desert Mavericks host the Bakersfield Blaze at Stater Bros. Stadium. It is Class A ball in the California League. Nice little ball park.
Bailee had a great time and got a baseball and had it autographed by the mascot, Wooly Bully and the Rally Wizard. She did the outfield run and ran the bases after the game. The weather was great and the sun was to our backs behind the structure.

Barstow Depot

Got the Missus and the Grand Daughter off of the train this morning in Barstow. The stop is at the historic Santa Fe Depot and Harvey House. The building now houses the Barstow Chamber of Commerce, a railway museum and a Route 66 Museum. It is at the east end of the Barstow Terminal and Classification Yard.
The Southwest Chief was somewhat more than six hours late.

Barstow Station

These UP units were pulling the Herzog ballast cars in the three following pictures. Kind of familiar with them. I worked for Herzog on the Ballast Trains for four years.

Eastbound vehicle train. Empties.

The Southwest Chief.

Bailee at various displays at the station