05-21-2014, 08:50 AM
Good morning all. Here we are at yet another "hump day". I've said it before, but that term has no significance to us retired folks. The days pass too quickly as it is without keeping track of the middle of the workweek. 
Temps are cooler here right now, but the wind has been vicious for the past month or so. We've got a number of wildfires going in our state, one yesterday started with an RV catching fire on I-17 north of Phoenix. There was 100+ acres of brush burning and had the road closed for a few hours. This is the main freeway between Phoenix and Flagstaff and other points north. The one that bothers me the most is the one up near Sedona. That has to be our favorite place in the whole state and there's a large fire in nearby Oak Creek Canyon, about the same place they had one a few years ago. Stunning scenery, huge pine trees with red rocks in the background and the rustle of the water in Oak Creek made it a beautiful place to camp, as we did often a few decades ago. It's especially rugged up there and difficult to fight any fires. They've evacuated some 100 homes and cabins, closed all the parks, campgrounds and the 89A highway to Flagstaff. My prayers are with those fighting this fire in hopes that it is contained quickly.
Here are a few pictures we shot shortly after the last fire back in July, 2006.
Temps are cooler here right now, but the wind has been vicious for the past month or so. We've got a number of wildfires going in our state, one yesterday started with an RV catching fire on I-17 north of Phoenix. There was 100+ acres of brush burning and had the road closed for a few hours. This is the main freeway between Phoenix and Flagstaff and other points north. The one that bothers me the most is the one up near Sedona. That has to be our favorite place in the whole state and there's a large fire in nearby Oak Creek Canyon, about the same place they had one a few years ago. Stunning scenery, huge pine trees with red rocks in the background and the rustle of the water in Oak Creek made it a beautiful place to camp, as we did often a few decades ago. It's especially rugged up there and difficult to fight any fires. They've evacuated some 100 homes and cabins, closed all the parks, campgrounds and the 89A highway to Flagstaff. My prayers are with those fighting this fire in hopes that it is contained quickly.
Here are a few pictures we shot shortly after the last fire back in July, 2006.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD