FOREST FIRE

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30 PM A FOREST FIRE WAS REPORTED IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN. MARY GOT WIND OF IT AT WORK ON BREAK. TURNS OUT IT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE LEFT WORK EARLY. (Because Mary put us on the EO,early out, list) KNOWING A FEW BACK ROADS WE GOT BACK TO THE CAMPER DESPITE THE MAIN HIGHWAYS BEING CLOSED.

We got home and everyone in the RV park seemed very complacent....I actually was anything but. I was thrilled to get home, but very apprehensive. All of the neighbors were very blasé and said we really had nothing to worry about. We kept seeing a fire helicopter flying over our place....I don't know about the rest of these people, but everything I own is in this camper!!! And if it isn't in the camper it is in my car. I finally convinced Rex, the former Eagle Scout, to be prepared. We picked up all of our outdoor stuff and packed it in the back of the truck. We also backed the truck up to the camper, we stopped short of hooking up but can do that in about 1.5 minutes!! Then we semi prepared the inside of the camper for travel. If we get evacuated (and I pray we don't) it will take only minutes to hook on and head out. As I sit here writing this I can actually smell the smoke from the fire. This is a really serious situation. Lake Tahoe had a very mild winter with little snow, so it is just a tinderbox waiting for a spark. AND if any of you saw the pictures of our RV park you had to see all of the tall, DRY pines we have here. Right now they look like kindling..................

NOW WE'VE BEEN HOME WHEN A "GO TO TOWN" THUNDERSTORM COOKS UP AT HOME IN WISCONSIN/IOWA, BUT A "GO TO TOWN" FIRE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS US BEWILDERED, AT THIS POINT. THE FIRE IS LOCATED 3 TO 6 MILES FROM US, BUT NO ONE IN THE RV PARK IS REALLY CONCERN?

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW. THAT'S THE SUN BLOCKED OUT BY THE HEAVY SMOKE. AFTER WATCHING THE TV, INTERNET, AND LOCAL HAM RADIO...........

I GUESS WE'LL WAIT IT OUT ................

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