Every session something incredibly exciting happends. Whether it is drama in the crew, flat tires or in our case a police allowed car chase.
On our way home along I-80 we noticed a car on an off ramp with some people fighting. At a closer look, it was 2 huge men beating a small woman.
We were concerned, so we made the 9-1-1 call, and backed down the ramp to get the lisence number and to basically let them know we were on the case.
They jumped in the car and drove off. We follow the car for 20 minutes while on the phone with dispatch, they give us the green light to go as fast as we can following the car. We ended up losing them because we were in a 4 Runner that was full of crap and wouldn't go much faster than 100 mph. The car ended up getting off at an exit and swung to go the opposite direction on I-80. Finally the cops appear, tons of them, going really fast and we tell them that they were headed in the opposite direction.
In the end, they were caught. But the best part was that the woman told the cops to thank us. I was so glad because we were afraid that she wouldn't prosecute or would take their side. She was beaten pretty badly though.
On to the wildfires...
So there are about 800 wildfires going on in the California Sierra's. Because Reno is in a valley, well much of NEvada is a basin/range, all the smoke has gathered there. It is horrible. You can't see a mile ahead, it is similar to fog in October, only you can't breathe. Needless to say, my camping plans were ruined and because I have asthma, I fled the area and decided to go to Darby's. The smoke was present from Reno to Aiden, CA.
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It was unfortunate, because the drive is really pretty, but because of the smoke...there were no mountains. We also saw the smoke in Battle Mountain. The valley that we have a view of has been gone for a couple of days now. I guess the smoke covers Northern Nevada to the Utah border and get this...more
Here are some pictures of my drive out of the city. In all of these pictures there are supposed to be huge 10,000 ft mountains.
3 comments:
that is crazy! i can't believe they let you chase them. did you ever find out why they were beating the woman? and are you going to be subpoenaed? i'm glad that you don't have to deal with the fires, except the smoke part.
You are having such the adventure! Wow...I don't know about chasing someone that seems a little crazy, but good for you guys helping that women out.
I'm glad you are at Darby's not camping!
All that we know is that the police arrested the men and that the woman said "Thank You." Which in the end is all I could ask for.
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