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it's a little hard to tell with a flat antenna.
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Use the concept of a right angle to your advantage. Add or subtract 90 from your heading, then align the plane of the reflector to that new heading (with the bowties still facing forward). It's a lot easier to get off to the side of the antenna and orient it that way.
As luck would have it, your required aiming direction for the VHF antenna is almost exactly perpendicular to your roof's main ridge line. The UHF antenna's aiming direction is going to be about 21 degrees to the "left" or east of that azimuth. Based on the aerial photos of your property, I don't see a tree-free path to Mt San Miguel, though.
Your location makes a pre-amp for UHF absolutely mandatory. VHF amplification isn't required, but it's unlikely to harm anything.