Close Call

As many of you know there was a fire in our neck of the woods last Sunday. It was actually pretty scary at times. We actually had no idea there was a fire until Julie called us and asked about it and I went outside and there was smoke everywhere. It all went down hill from there. Our house started to smell like smoke a little while after and we noticed the fire was moving at a very rapid pace. John went to take a look at the fire and came back and said he thought we needed to leave. I thought he was overreacting at the time. We went outside and talked to neighbors and they said that we were to be the next neighborhood to be evacuated. So we started to get our things together in case this happened. Luckily the winds moved and our neighborhood was spared. There were others that were not so lucky. But it really was a miracle that there was not more damage. This fire was so crazy. I have never seen anything like it and hope I never do. The firefighters that fought this fire were amazing. The fact only three homes were lost is really a miracle. Firefighters throughout the state and other states came to help. We saw a Lake Tahoe fire truck, that's crazy. The first few days no one who didn't live in our area could not come because they didn't want extra traffic so we had road blocks to our house. I definately will never forget this and I think my kids wont either. It definately gives me a new propective on being prepared! All those specks in the pictures are ash. No wonder they had to cancel school because the air quality was so horrible. We were breathing in that stuff!

(The day after)

(1 of 3 barracades we saw leaving our development)