We are camped here in the fairgrounds, electric and water connections daisy chained much as in Bozeman. The foreground walkers are Marcia and Shirley.
Sproat Lake is the headquarters of an aerial firefighting unit the flies Martin Mars water bombers. These are huge WWII planes originally built for large transport, but converted to water tankers in the 1950s. The company has two planes of only seven ever built – the others have crashed or been destroyed in ground related accidents. One is currently fighting fires in California at Lake Shasta; they were also dispatched to the San Diego fires a few years ago.
Post trip note: The second Martin Mars was visible on Lake Shasta as we drove south at the end of our trip. It was not at that time active, however in early September we talked with a WBCCI member from Chico who reported seeing it in his area. Fires burned within a couple lots of his house.
HV and Pat put on a spontaneous casual dinner for everybody called a Corn Boil. Corn, sausage, carrots, onions, and potatoes boiled together then spilled across a table. Help yourself. Very good. Again, presentation is important. (HV used to own a bunch of McDonald’s franchises, but picked up this meal specialty from southerners on a prior caravan. Pat was a hair dresser in her prior life and became one of several caravan hair-cutters, giving me a nice trim in Hope.)
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