FIRE!!!

Fire season has begun.

Yesterday there was a fire on the mountain above Cedar Hills, started by an 18 year old out target shooting. He called 911 and with the help of a water-dropping helicopter the fire was out in just a couple of hours.

Today we were coming home from the funeral for Ferrus Larsen in Mapleton. As we turned onto Fort Canyon Road Don noticed smoke.

Don: "Is someone burning?"
Me: "I don't know. They shouldn't be" (Burn season was over the end of May)

By then we could tell the fire was on the property we call "The Castle." There was a bicyclist in the road on his phone (he was calling 911). We noticed a lot of cars as the Garlick's house and I remembered the Bridal Shower being held for the soon-to-be daughter-in-law. Don drove on home and I walked back to the Garlick's.

Matt Bishop has his own 2" fire hose, had hooked it up to his secondary water system and was first to start spraying water.

 This is the view from up the canyon.

One neighbor asked an appropriate question, "If we had to evacuate, how would you do it?" The whole road was blocked.

Turns out the neighbor was getting rid of some weeds by USING A BLOW TORCH!!!