So this morning I was supposed to drive down to Happy Camp in California for "on-boarding" on the project I will be working on near Roseburg, Oregon. This is about a three hour drive from Roseburg according to Google Maps, which I was using for navigation. 

The project I am working on is in a forest fire zone and specialized training is required to be onsite. 

So I leave with plenty of time to get there. But as I am getting closer, all the roads Google Maps is taking me on seem to be getting smaller and rougher. And then I come to a "Road Closed" sign. 

It turns out, the most direct route to drive to Happy Camp is through the Slater Creek fire. Since it is both extremely dangerous and illegal to drive through a forest fire, I opt to get Google Maps to re-route me around the fire. Which it won't do. So I drive back to Grants Pass, Oregon, from that point, to follow I-5 south to get to Happy Camp will be another 2.5 hours of driving, and I will miss the on-boarding orientation for the day. I check in with my supervisor, and she recommends that I go back to Roseburg and do the orientation the next day. Which is why I have time to write this. So, I guess, Yay me?