What a day. The fire crews were here working all day, doing great work trying to create a break and an area that they could burn. Then at 2:00 they expanded the area to burn to include our upper hills, and they said they had to burn the area around our pond and road. Then at 4:30 they finished all the dozer work and waited.
It turns out that the fire had come across from Montgomery Woods down below us and burned an old "homestead" orchard on a neighbor's property and then the fire went out on its own at the break.
Now they have a burned area below us where they were planning to do the controlled burn, and the burned area up at the top on the Durfee's place, and they are thinking that may be enough. No final decision, but for tonight they are hopeful that they have enough of a defensible "black" burned area that they may not need to do the burn on our place.
A bit of a roller coaster of a day, with lots of work running in front of dozers and trying to help show people the lay of the land here, but the end result is very encouraging. Not a major victory yet, but I will take a minor one heading into the night.
Thanks for all the wonderful support and thoughts. We do feel them in our hearts.
Rod
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