I hadn't seen that picture of the Ramona Cal Fire Tanker base recently. But I'm going to diverge and give a little story (good one) about the Ramona Cal Fire folks.

I had left work today at the normal time, got about 2+ blocks away when my Low Tire Pressure light came on. Made the decision to go on into Ramona (I work just outside of it) to fill my tire, after looking at it - not super low, but it looked a bit low.

About 1/2 mile down the road, my car began to act very weirdly. I made the right turn and pulled down the road a bit before I pulled to the side of it, put the Emergencies on, and went outside to look at the tire. HORRIBLE. The sidewall was falling apart, looked like something had chewed it all around. I called AAA, was told there was about a 55 minute wait, and then sat. Ramona folks are very kind, very caring, for the most part. Two fellow teachers stopped to see if they could help or give me a ride home. Then two more complete strangers pulled over to see if I needed them to call someone for me. Said I was waiting for AAA. The fifth vehicle was a Cal Fire truck -- he pulled up right behind me, jumped out -- police officer on his way home from that Ramona base you just posted - asked if he could change that tire for me when he looked at it. He was just about done changing it (I'd have done it myself but was wearing a skirt today) when AAA called -- they'd be there in about 20 minutes. Um, thank you, but this kind officer from Cal Fire changed it for me.

Anyway, blessings to all the firefighters, and thankful that they haven't been called out very recently. Our lead school custodian, however, is on National Guard duty for a month fighting fires up in the north ...


Donna