Too close for comfort!

19 years ago

This afternoon I was out tying the pumpkin vines to the trellis, and my son said he thought he felt a couple of drops of water. It was sunny, but there was one very small dark cloud just to the north. A minute later huge plumes of smoke were coming up just over the ridge to the north of our subdivision, not more than a couple miles away. We heard quite a few fire trucks and saw a couple of helicopters dropping water on it. They got it out before it came over the ridge, but that was waaaay too close for comfort! The wind was blowing in our direction, and if that fire had come over that hill, I'm sure we would have been evacuated.

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Skybird - z5, Denver, Colorado
19 years ago
That's scary! Glad to hear you're safe. You guys out there on the western slope are having one heck of a summer this year.

Hope there are no more that close,
Skybird
highalttransplant
Original Author
19 years ago
Here's the story on the fire.

Here is a link that might be useful: Silt Mesa fire
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Skybird - z5, Denver, Colorado
19 years ago
Wow, thatÂs interesting, High. IÂve been looking up things to possibly see out in that area if I decide to come back home via I70 after my vacation, and Harvey Gap SP, and Rifle Falls are two of the things I had found. Hope they donÂt "burn down" before I get there! I have decided to do the southern Utah National Park trip I was thinking of, but havenÂt made any decision at all about which route IÂm takingÂeither going or comingÂbut maybe IÂll get a chance to stop by and see your place in mid-September. I AM still hoping youÂll be able to come to the swap before then though!

Stay safe,
Skybird
highalttransplant
Original Author
19 years ago
Skybird, Rifle Falls is nice, though there isn't a lot of hiking there if you are into that. In Glenwood Canyon there is a short, but steep trail called Hanging Lake which is very nice if you aren't hiking with small children. There is also the Hot Springs in Glenwood, and Glenwood Caverns.

Today we had ANOTHER fire, this time over the ridge directly behind our house, pretty certain this one was started by lightening. There are a couple of houses on top of that ridge, so I knew they were going to work hard to keep it from reaching the top, but you can bet we kept an eye on it anyway.