Fires, everywhere

Still in the Bitterroot with smoke everywhere.  A huge forest fire north of here on the Lolo highway with the loss of 7 homes so far.  Smoke coming up from the southwest also, from fires in Idaho.  Not much snow last winter so everything is extremely dry.  I've been gadding about visiting friends and enjoying my time with them.  I should have my camera back today from Susan in Olympia.  I left it in her car.  Then I can take more photos.  I took this one this morning with the smoky sunrise with my Samsung tablet.  Better than nothing.

My place up here is getting run down but I'm undecided on whether to put any money into it because the real estate market up here is still crappy.  The fences need a complete overhaul, some windows in the house need replacing, the roof lost some shingles in a bad wind storm this summer, the weeds in the lawns are winning the war and I think every tree and bush on the place needs trimming.  Funny thing about the tree trimming -- I paid a lawn service last year or so to do just that and they weren't trimmed.  I just live too far away to keep those people honest.

From here I will spend some time with good friends, Bud and Nancy Borden in Salmon, Idaho.  Bud worked for Kelly and A&K for years.  After that, I start my trek toward home.