Looking straight up from our campsite, this is about the same view as one of the Monday photos I showed in this blog of the smoke from the fire. I like this one much better than the previous.
During the worst of the fire there was lots of fine ash and chunks of burnt bark raining down on us. Most of the chunks were about the size of a quarter and smaller but then there was this one I'm holding shown below.
As of today, the fire is 70% contained, the highways are open and those who were evacuated, or left voluntarily, are returning. The local community and most merchants are pitching in to help those who lost their homes. The Red Cross is here, as well as many temporary donation facilities, to aid those in need. We went to the grocery store yesterday and instead of being asked how we were ...... we were asked if we were safe. Fortunatly we could reply ..... "yes". I know this community very well and they will band together and help one another to get through this. We have not seen our friends yet who lost their home.
I now look forward to getting back to normal and returning to the silly posts this summer blog should be about.
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