For some reason a helicopter is spent the entire morning, from around 8Am until noon, circling over the Crestline bowl. As someone who sleeps in until 10 or 11 each morning, I found that a tad annoying. I did get back to sleep by managing to incorporate the THWAP THWAP THWAP into my dreams. Hmmm.

I’ve spent a lot of time in the wilderness and small towns, so when I see a helicopter so obviously “looking for something,” Search and Rescue operations come to mind first.

It’s possible someone is lost out there in the mountains.

After all:

• We don’t need TV news traffic helicopters (we don’t have a single red light),
• a hospital Life Flight would not take hours of circling,
• and a tourist would see everything there is to see from the air here in a couple of pass overs.

So I will guess someone is lost and in need of rescue?

Stumble it!