An exciting Weekend !

It started all on Thursday , as I had left Work and headed home early that day . On the way home , as I was listening to the news on the Radio .. I got some news that worried me somewhat . I drive home on the Highway 14 , ( to Palmdale ) which is pretty heavy loaded with traffic most of the time . I could see , not just one Fire in the Mountain's .. but two at the same time . One north and the other south of the Freeway . They both produced quite a lot of smoke for Fires that started not long ago . I was worried like I have mentioned before , mostly because .. knowing they might close the Freeway before I get passed them . Did make it through and arrived home without any burn marks on the Car . haha
All was well , that's what I had thought . But after Qing and I had dinner and cleaned up the Kitchen , the Phone rang . It was my Neighbor's Girlfriend calling . I was ask'd , if I knew about how close the Fire was at this time . I told her NO , that we just finished eating and was not aware of the Fire situation at this time . Well , it turns out by going onto my front Porch .. it was only about a mile away and coming down the Hills near the closest major street by our house . Now seeing this ( was already nightfall ) coming sooo close where one could feel the heat from those red flames .. sometimes up to over 50 feet by my guess . By now it was after 10pm , checking out the news report of what was going on .. now this made both of us very nervous . To the point , I could not sleep .. so into the Car we went and got to the point of where the Fire Dept. closed off the road for everyone . There we sat and keeping the Car running with the Air Conditioner on and windows closed , as we watched the Flames doing there thing . Ash was coming down like it was snowing and the smoke cloud was moving right over our area towards our neighboring City of Lancaster . We watched Helicopter's doing water drop's at night , which is not always done .. as it is very dangerous at night . But this was a must , as it was going to come close to many Homes near the Hills . The one good thing we had to our favor , was the California Aqueduct was between the Fire and the Homes . This is what actually stopped this Fire from reaching any further to the Homes that People had already left for safety reasons . At that point we decided to go back Home feeling much safer now .
By morning , going to Work ( if possible ) I was looking to see .. where it had moved to and if it had grown or the Firefighters had a much more handle on it . To my surprise , heading down the 14 Freeway .. I could not even see any smoke rising to the Sky . They must of put it out , I thought . Well , later I found out .. it was still burning . But in another place and the wind had changed directions , so thus .. no smoke in sight .

So this was some start to the weekend for sure .
Now , Saturday was going to be Concert night at the Park , also a mile from our house . With the Fire - Smoke - Ash , we of course thought , this Concert will be canceled for sure . Like magic , Saturday morning there was blue sky all around the Antelope Valley and the Concert was on for that night . I especially was looking forward to seeing " The Guess Who " perform at our big Stage . As Qing and I took a pair of Chairs and a Blanket for her , as it was windy and the Temperature had taken a downward dive that day . I have hear'd of them many times throughout my younger years of course , but did not know until now .. that Band was Canadian . I always thought of them being British . Anyway , this Performance was one of the best that I've been to .
One Song stood out the most , " American Woman " that is .
I'm married to a Chinese Lady and this Song could not describe my feeling towards western/American Women any better ..than this Song does . Not that I dislike all American Women now , but I have a strong feeling .. where I would never see myself married to one in my Lifetime .. ever . This was enough to stand up and start shaking your Hips with all the other People doing it . A super Band and a super evening for both of us . I look forward to the next Concert coming up this weekend . The " En Vogue " will be there . Don't know much about them ( four Women ) , but still looking forward seeing them too .
On a side note , Qing's driving test is tomorrow afternoon . All fingers are crossed that she will do good this time around .