Hey Mr Gary, the 31st is going to be the best day of the whole year, its my Birthday! I won't tell ya how old I am, I'll just give you one hint, I'm a tad older than dirt! Let us know if you get down this way, hopefully I'll get a chance to meet up with you again, its been a while since your last visit. As I remember, you took some great photos with your new picture machine that day :-) I went on a drive to the mountains today and stopped by the Sky Forest Ranger station to pick up a current San Bernardino Forest Map. The lady at the counter informed me that portions of the closed areas opened up today. I told her I had already seen the information on thier handout, on the web last night. She looked a bit supprised but we are Deep Creek Soakers after all, a powerful interest group with many ties :-) Good to know all of us volunteers, DCV or otherwise can get back to doin what we can help keep those great springs in good shape, for the benifit of all who appreciate the beauty that truly resides there, at the springs and along the creek.