Our old stomping grounds in Arizona, The White Mountains, are on fire because of one careless camper. The winds are blowing and currently 389,000 acres have burned. Currently only 5% of the fire is contained and prisitine forest is being lost. Small towns in the area have been evacuated. This is called "The Wallow" fire because it is burning up an area called "Bear Wallow". Please pray for the winds to stop blowing, for the fire to be contained, for the firefighters fighting the fires and for the people who have been evacuated and for those who have lost their homes. I'm so sad, this area just won't be the same.
Here are some pictures of Dennis and me near where the fire is burning.
This is Mt. Escudillo, the third highest point in AZ.
This is Mt. Escudillo, the third highest point in AZ.
These next three pictures were all taken in Bear Wallow. This first one is "our tree". Note: we did not carve our initials into the tree. Some other couple just happens to have the same initials. And this tree is miles off the beaten path, how crazy that Dennis spotted it.
A little winter wonderland action:
The edge of the Mogollon Rim looking down into the valley below:
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My cousin is military, stationed in AZ, and is on call to help fight the fires now.
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