forest fires

Just when the clearer air made us begin to relax a little, while still keeping alert to fires, Wednesday Sept. 3rd on the way home from a rather fortuitous visit to a neighbor, we spotted a tell-tale plume of smoke on the hill ¼ mile north of our property. We rushed home and called it [...]

The forest fires here in Ferry County and neighboring Okanogan County this summer have given a new meaning to those song lyrics. We all thought last summer was horrible, setting state records for large, destructive wildfires. This year makes the last seem almost timid, as if it was holding its breath waiting to unleash bigger [...]