The King Fire, which at last count was over 90,000 acres, has been burning pretty good the past few days. (By comparison, Steven said the Wildcat Fire that he worked on north of San Angelo was about 250,000 acres.) It is south of Grass Valley, so to our East. Depending on the wind direction, our skies have been pretty smoky lately. Thankfully, yesterday the Lord allowed us a break, and we saw blue skies again! We were very happy. We also had a wildland on base yesterday, started by a spark from some overhead electrical wires. It was across from Beale Lake/Commander's housing, for those who know where that is. It is possible that fire started smoking back up again today, because it was smoky by the chapel this morning during PWOC, but had cleared by the time we go out. I will have to ask Steven to find out for sure. I am glad for the cleaner air...it was starting to smell all smoky INSIDE our house, too. But it was fun to get to watch the firefighters at work yesterday, since we don't often get to see them in action. (Steven was off yesterday though.) Anyway...
I have been getting to run errands by myself more often since Steven is home during the day. It is wonderful. Yesterday I went to the commissary, and when I came home, I found them hiding in a fort/tent. Emma is a very loud hider. :)
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| Average smokiness....it is worse in the AM, clears a little in the PM. |
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| Coming out to steal snacks that Mom bought and take them back to Daddy. |
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| Even Pepper wanted to get in! |
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