Smoke On The Water

Well, not really. It's smoke in the valley.

We are on fire, people.

Not us in beautiful valley, specifically. But, 80 miles to the east there are thousands of acres burning (picture), and across the beautiful Bridger Mountains to the south there's another fire. Consequently, the smoke is hanging in the valley and it sucks.

We cannot see the tops of the mountains that surround us. Hell, we can't even see the sun. Breathing? Hurts. I feel like a chain smoker. The smell? Yuck.

256 homes have been evacuated. I feel so sorry for the people and the animals and the firefighters. The fire to the east is so big and burning so hot that the end is not really in sight until we have rain and/or snow.

The forecast calls for neither this week.