Brainard Lake in SeptemberLeaving Texas behind... we've only slept with the windows closed maybe 10 times this summer, and most of those were because of smoke or wind. We've actually closed up a couple of nights because it was too cold. Fabulous.
The scary reality of this season in Colorado is the fires. Our big fire made the national news as the state's most expensive fire ever. Nearly 170 homes lost. We were coming home from a night in the mountains and saw a sign announcing the closure of the road up Boulder Canyon. Then noticed that the huge cloud in front of us was actually smoke extending from the hills above Boulder to the east horizon. At times during the day, we could be standing looking straight up and see the line of brown smoke and bright blue sky. That night, we could see the flames from our house. The community response has been amazing, and the sad but good thing is that when two other fires sprang up locally, the massive response of firefighters, tanker plans, and helicopters were already in place to respond immediately. We've had some rain today, so we can only hope that fire season ends soon.
The scary reality of this season in Colorado is the fires. Our big fire made the national news as the state's most expensive fire ever. Nearly 170 homes lost. We were coming home from a night in the mountains and saw a sign announcing the closure of the road up Boulder Canyon. Then noticed that the huge cloud in front of us was actually smoke extending from the hills above Boulder to the east horizon. At times during the day, we could be standing looking straight up and see the line of brown smoke and bright blue sky. That night, we could see the flames from our house. The community response has been amazing, and the sad but good thing is that when two other fires sprang up locally, the massive response of firefighters, tanker plans, and helicopters were already in place to respond immediately. We've had some rain today, so we can only hope that fire season ends soon.
