Day Trip part 2

 After galivanting around the Oroville Dam, We headed back into "Gold Town" and bought some local produce at a Saturday Farmers' Market, then we had lunch at a very nice cafe that had this perfectly restored classic Streamline Duke trailer.


There are also a lot of really nice antique cars around here since they don't need to salt the roads in the winter, and there isn't much rain, so no rust!

Paradise and Surroundings


After lunch, we headed out to see three of the MDS project houses.  They were all in the area of Concow, which was one of the first communities hit by the fire just an hour or so after it started. Concow is not really a town, but more of a census designation.  There were many large houses located in extremely scenic locations, as well as small off-grid houses located where the owners could find a spot.  The fire did not discriminate.  The rapidly spreading fire engulfed the area in a rather spotty manner.  Wind-whipped embers started numerous small fires that either spread, or fizzled out.  With the strong winds that day, spreading was the norm, but it wasn't the "traditional" fire line that you could locate and defend against.  

One of the houses was on a ridge several canyons to the east of Paradise.  The other two were down in the canyon itself.  The ridge house (Stone Mountain) is about ready for the foundation to be poured, while the other two are frames and sheathed.  Our crews will be taking on those two first so they can be considered "dried in".  Right now, rain seems a distant prospect.












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  1. jayrohrerAugust 31, 2021 at 2:27 PM

    Thanks for the updates Jim, I'm looking forward to follow your experience through your blog.

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