The Fire Continues......

June 29^th

So, here is the update of the Utah fires.

That initial fire I wrote about is actually STILL burning, however, has traveled about 30 miles or so east of us. At this point, it has burned about 50,000 acres – luckily, none of which are any of ours!

It seems to me to be an interesting approach towards the fires. With the wind blowing there is really no controlling it, rather there is more of an effort to direct it. It is just impossible to put out.

Just as we were breathing out an exhale about that fire, we noticed a lot of smoke coming from just south of Nephi (that is the nearest “city” about 5000). We were at the tractor store picking up parts for one of the tractors which was taking longer than we expected. So by the time we got back outside, it was actually raining ashes and there was a layer of smoke hovering over the city. The ashes were actually “piling up”. We even have to blow off the patio chairs before we sit down because of the ashes. Depending on the wind, it will just stink like a campfire so I have to figure out which way the wind is blowing before I can hang the laundry out to dry!

For the time being though, we are safe. We can still see that first fire billowing smoke from miles away and am grateful it moved AWAY from us. They opened the road back up to the ranch house. It had been closed for a week. We were able to bring the horses back out and they were so happy to get back out there in the pasture after having have spent the last week in town.