Forest Fire Near New Fork Lake - Tuesday

Near Bondurant

Before the Rim

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At Bondurant

Near 40 Rod

From South of Pinedale

From Near Boulder

As we came home from Jackson on the shuttle, when we got through the Hoback and out past the hills that obscured it we could see a huge plume of smoke and cummulous cloud to the north. At first could not tell exactly where it was but soon could see that it was just south of New Fork Lakes. I got some pictures through the window. We did not see it at about 10 a.m. It started about 2 p.m. at this point it's been burning for less than 3 hours. This is what happens to the beetle infested trees which have died in the last several years. Just sitting there waiting for a spark. You can go to http://www.pinedaleonline.com/ to see some photos and read about it. The radio KPIN said 40 acres but it has to be much bigger than that.

Also see Gina and Sally's blogs to know what they are saying about it. The ranch they were raised on is in the way. Sally says the Butner's from Box R are getting cattle out horseback.(Their parents are our neighbors at the Parkinson Place at Buckskin Crossing.) Awful, not to mention dangerous! The original Box R lodge burned down some years back and a fine collection of Carl Runguis paintings were lost. He used to go there to paint.

Tuesday June 26 2007

Spectacular - Taken by Alene who Lives Over There

Lifted this photo off the http://www.pinedaleonline.com/ site where there are more photos and story. Horse Creek Fire at 3000 acres Tuesday night The Horse Creek Fire grew by 1800 acres since noon yesterday as winds spread the blaze to the south and southeast, with thick smoke billowing high into the air all dayTuesday.

We had a nice day, calm here until about sunset and the wind is really kicking up now. It was about 80 degrees, nice.

This morning worked on and emailed a WAOW board message with my mentoring vs quality discussion - each of us on the board is supposed to be sharing our thoughts. Got some of the iris bulbs dug up because some people will take them tomorrow. That's part of the project for moving the flowers out of the back yard, so a good thing for them to have nice homes. Also made up the SCAG (writer's group) schedule and roster to pass out at our meeting tomorrow, I had spaced that out, should have done it days ago. Then wrote out the agenda for the business meeting. Made a hamburger potato onion casserole and zucchini for dinner tonight so there will be something leftover for tomorrow's dinner. Got the flower pots watered, because they won't get any tomorrow.

Wednesday is our SCAG meeting over in Marbleton. Five of us are riding to the meeting together in my car, so I cleaned out the inside of the car. It hasn't been done since last year, so you can imagine the dog hair and dirt, and smeary windows. I sprayed some Lysol in there so maybe it won't stink!! We will meet at Rendezvous Pointe at 11 a.m. One thing, we will get a good look at the fire from Marbleton.

It will be a long day since I want to use the trip to shop and do some other errands on my list. Will run the SUV through the car wash, need an oil change but that probably won't happen. Will take the recycling stuff, and drop off four boxes of books to the museum. Get some wire for Joe for the well. I hope I have time to go up to the nursery and look for a few more flowers.

Saturday is our Mixed Meeting about 2/3 of the way to Jackson, where a member has a second home near Bondurant. We will paint and have lunch up there. Charm is going to drive that day. Kay and Cyndi are coming over Friday, or maybe Thursday, from Riverton for the weekend. Need to be prepared for that.

Now I have to email a lady about the plans for the Conference Center, she left a message on my phone sometime today and I just saw it. She wants to have a meeting Monday or Tuesday. Didn't make the last meeting, so I better go to this one. I may not be able to email or blog much until next week. So don't worry if you don't hear from me for a while.

Purple Rocket in the Garden