Santa Barbara! So close but so far!

[flyngby]

Well after starting to make plans for a Mothers Day trip with a few Santa Fe Eric and Wingnut to NPH, I was diverted on Cinco de Mayo to Santa Barbara area for a battle with Mother Nature!

I now had the task of guiding my young firefighters through what was going to be a long battle lasting 5 days and nights in the Hills!

While there I managed to get a few pics of the conditions in the surf although some were from afar!

Instead of jumping the rough waves in the surf were were confronted with waves like this!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46786719-1.jpg
Or we were trying to stay out of the way of these guys!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46800378.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46809352-1.jpg
From my vantage point the surf conditions looked perfect! Sorry can not tell if it was high or low tide.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46780205-1.jpg
This spot looks like a place someone took me before!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46809362-1.jpg
Sky conditions were sometimes partly overcast to completly socked in!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46810017.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46788126.jpg
Conditions from below!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46759621-1.jpg
The sun setting on yet another day of the battle!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/CIMG3689.jpg
My pic of the week in a battle of another kind!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/46795855-1.jpg
A moment of relaxation before returning home!
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z286/flyngby/CIMG3706.jpg

So the first long battle of the young season is behind us and I look forward to getting a day to relax.

To Santa Fe Eric sorry but I know you understaand and this Sunday is not far off!

Hopefully Mother nature will cooperate and let us go out together and have a great time in the OUR HARBOR together with the others that also enjoy our place of Tranquility!

Thanks to all for taking care of my pets in NPH by teasing them with the baits into a CPR moment while I was away for the week!

Hope to meet some of you out there there this Sunday!

Steve

[saltman]

Hi,
Bro Looks like you guys had your hand full.

Still in our 80 traninig

Ram..

[Wingnut]

Steve... fishing will always take a back seat to saving people's homes and precious lives. I admire and appreciate the services that you and your fellow firefighters provide. :Cool: I can't even imagine what it's like standing on the front line staring down that wall of flames. :Shocked: You've earned a well deserved break to spend fishing in your favorite harbor this weekend... see you then my friend. :Big Grin:

The pics are breathtaking!

[HESBROS]

BS, get back out there and make sure that thing is out! No fishing for Hesbros either thanks to the beast we all love! I am now in Bishop putting on D-110 for the INF Apprentices, be back Friday night.

Going to be a long fire season boys and girls, make sure to be safe out there! There were some close calls up there in SB!

[bones]

Steve my friend........A job well done again by you and your fellow firefighters!!!!!
I see that you always meen business when it comes to fires or fishing and I commend all of you for a job well done.I said a few prayers for you guys when I heard you were on the line. Thank god we are fortunate enough to have men like you who are willing to put their lives on the line to save people's lives and their homes.Our little slice of heaven up there almost got scorched!!!
Pssssst......I'm ALSO trying real hard to put togther a float tube artilla for this sunday.

[sansou]

Awesome pics!

Thanks to you and all the firemen for doing the job that you do.

[DEADROOTS]

Im glad we have great people such as your self to help in disastrous times like these!:Beer Toast: Great job 2 all!

[Santa Fe Eric]

Steve!
I definitely understand! My biggest concern was your safety, the safety of your crew, and all of the other brave souls fighting to save the lives and precious memories of others. I'm ready this Sunday, but if you are needed elsewhere, I will wait until the Sunday after and so on!

Seriously, I knew you were a great guy, but taking us into the battle with you through camera really gives a person like myself insight into the miraculous will and calling that you and other people in Uniform have on your lives.

May your days that are not spent fighting the flames that are ablaze be filled by feeling the awesome headshakes that those Hali's and Spotties display!

Eric

[SQUIRREL]

Thanks Steve, for you and all firefighter that are out there saving lifes.

[exfactor]

Thanks Steve for being there, along with your 2500 other buddies, and making a difference here in SB. I was evacuated for 4 days from my home. I tried La Conchita for the weekend, and only caught 1 bsp. So.........you didn't miss much in the way of a bite, and when the wind dies down, the conditions will get better for us fishermen. See you at the beach. Mikey

[LateFisher]

STEVE, WHAT CAN I SAY THAT EVERYONE HAS'NT SAID OR FEELS, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME, BE SAFE AND GET BACK TO YOUR FAVORITE PAST TIME. LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AT THE HARBOR SOMETIME SOON !!!!!:High Five::High Five::Beer Toast::Beer Toast::Beer Toast:

[blackwater]

Mr. Flyngby, my hat's off to you and your fellow firefighters for a job well done. :Cool:

[Native Gal]

FLYNGBY,
Glad all went well on the fire lines for you and your young crew. You will be rewarded Sunday with a most xlnt post I'm sure. Glad you are returning safely. Have family and friends who also fight fires and I am always concerned about their safety when they are on a fire. Congrats on a job well done once again, will be looking forward to a post soon, :Envious::Big Grin::LOL:.

NG
:Razz:

[JusStartnOut]

Flyngby

Job well done. Those are some great pics. 5 days and 5 nights!? Dang, you deserve a break a break.

[Badbeat]

You guys deserve all the credit in the world, thanks for your services.
Enjoy your time off! :Big Grin:

[Jaysuuun]

Steve, glad to know that you and your crew made it back ok. I can tell by those pics that you guys were in the belly of the beast! Very impressive shots. We all appreciate the job you and your crew have done. Now get out there and slay those spotties!:Twisted:

[CAPT'N]

Steve,

glad this one is over, and that you are safe. Many thanks to you and the people you work with for putting your lives on the line, god knows it's not the money the drives you to all you do.


Steve, we need to kill some linesides.........
Capt'n

[n1ckxlam]

Hey Steve,
Great job out there, what dept do you work for?

Nick

[Brewfish]

Steve:

Awesome job on the fire. My dad was LAFD for 35 years and I have a great appreciation for how you guys literally put your lives on the line to save us civilians. Thanks for saving our SB butts (again!). May Poseiden reward you in the form of something large, flat, brown and white!

BF

[fishshep]

GREAT PICS !!!!:Big Grin:
Thank You Sir !!!
for all your hard
Life and property
saving hard work!!!:Wink:
May the Lord Jesus allways
with His angels, go before
you and your fellow firefighters
to protect you !!!:Big Grin:

[supasportkid]

thats awesome. thanks for your services bro