Jippy's story for the All night
BlueMoon T-Hunt
Got a 300 degree bearing at the start. Went down
the hill on Hawthorne and based upon the last couple times I headed
northwest, the 405 and 101 were very slow with stop/go to the airport
and over the hill and the narrow lanes of the valley on the 101 are
totally uncivilized. So up route 1 I went. What a nice pleasant drive
with many things I hadn't seen in ten-15 years and a lot of new things.
Malibu to Mugu to Oxnard to Santa Barbara. Nice drive with NO signal
before Pt Mugu. Up the coast past SB as the signal clearly said don't
go over San Marcos Pass.
Whoa, the signal went north (it had been holding steady at 300 degrees
since the start) and even a little east as I went by El Capitan. It
changed bearing so fast that it can't be on Broadcast peak but must be
nearer. Spent two hours messing around the area, looking for a way into
the foothills, with no success. Went up Refugio Canyon, but it was
posted as road closed in 7 miles and the junction with the road to
Broadcast peak was 7 ½ miles.
Here was my mistake. I was hungry and Buellton was only 20 miles away
with Pea Soup. I love Anderson's Peas soup and this biased my decision.
Food won out and I went to Andersons with plans to come up to broadcast
peak from the Solvang side. (after I ate soup). I found two
transmitters, both talking Ts on the way to soup. Up the Hill and found
my third T. Met several hunters coming down and up there. Spent a lot
of time trying to hear more transmitter, but failed. Due to many loose
lips I surmised that the Refugio road was indeed open and was paved all
the way to the transmitter on Broadcast peak. I also gleamed that there
was a transmitter hidden on that road.
I heard another transmitter very weak at 285 from BC peak and decided
to go back down the way I came up and to pick off the transmitter on
Refugio road on my way home. I never heard the weak transmitter again
once away from the ridge. I went down the dirt road and drove around to
Refugio road and found my 4th transmitter and went home.
Great soup, good weather, nice roads, .great hunt.
Jippy