Sorry to hear the Jag. is a bust, Hunter. I like the look of the cars at least, if not the mechanical issues.
Someone asked about Dana and since she hasn't answered, I can give a partial. The Riverside area (according to statewide fire reporting) seems to be safe, for now. It might very well be she is helping to evac. horses as there is currently a statewide call out for that. Hence, Dana would have her hands pretty full. There are some terrifying videos and pics circulating. Brings back some very bad memories for me. First the Northern Bay Area and now the Los Angeles and San Diego vicinities. Being bracketed north and south, Riverside and Orange counties must be holding their breath.
Did a bit of trenching out in the back to attempt drying out part of the arena area. It worked better than I had even hoped it would. The water is now diverted to a blackberry bramble and all I have to do is finish the trenching to better isolate the water and feed the berries. First though I have to attack the bramble above it and push a lot of the dirt in the pit where I am encouraging them. That way there won't be a gap under the fence as it currently passes over the uphill end of the pit. So after I push the dirt above into the pit it will fill things in sufficiently to fill the gap under the fence and will also clear the berries away from the fence. As long as I get all the rhizomes out.Soon as I can get this fence up, the horses can use our paddock again. Or at least five acres of it. When I get the new fencing up along the road, I can even let the minis out a bit. Then I can start on the back half which is a lot rougher and three or four times the length of fencing.
Filled in the trench on the front drive today. It will settle again as soon as it rains, however the waterbar is doing its job and I'm glad to see the water bypassing the front yard. Things are beginning to look a bit more finished around here.
Inch by inch life is a cinch, I suppose....