Fire!

On our way home from the cabin the other day we decided to drop off our trailer at the River property. As we were pulled into the town of Sun River we could see smoke and 2 helicopters circling with buckets... Obviously a fire.

As we looked, it appeared that the fire was right where our property is. We don't have too much on our land but what concerned us was that there are houses all around, and it would be awful if they were destroyed.

When we pulled on to our property we could see where the fire had come down the River from the East. It even jumped the River and was on both sides. It had only come onto our property a tiny bit right in the bottom.

All of the local fire departments were there and we later found out that the DNRC provided the two helicopters. By the time we got there, they had it under control, but it had started about 1000 when a guy was burning slash. It ended up burning about 200 acres and getting within a 1/2 mile of town. Thankfully they were able to get it stopped an under control.

Here are some pictures that we were able to get. I snapped some from the top of the property and then while I fed Dane in the truck, Clint walked down to the River and took the other shots. As you can see, he got some amazing pictures!

So, my good friend Abby wrote me an e-mail after I posted the last snow pictures and she said, "doesn't Montana know it's April..." I guess not, cause today we woke up to about a foot of snow... Then it continued to filter down throughout the day and it's supposed to keep coming through the night.

It's crazy cause last weekend the temperature was in the 70's!!!

But, as irritating as it is, the moisture is awesome!

Here's some shots of Bones playing in the snow.