Tuesday 26Aug

Although they lowered some evacuation levels yesterday, we are very much at level 3. Our grid is SIS23. So we will be at the RV Park in Redmond tonight. Our wonderful neighbors have decided to head back to their house today. My guess is that it will be several days before the level 3 evacuations are lifted. But who knows. We will see how it goes for Steve and Michelle and decide whether we will try to head home tomorrow. The water at home is very not drinkable- so that is an added complication that’s not too difficult to manage.

We had 2 cameras go down yesterday- so we are going to head up and check out what’s happening. There was a lot of activity all up and down the street doing mop up operations. This means they have air patrols flying the perimeter of the fire line to make sure no hot spots flare up around homes. It’s a little disconcerting with planes helicopters, fire trucks, tankers rolling constantly up and down the street but it’s also very comforting to see how serious the response she has been.

the house looked good - we did more camera futzing and got everything back online. We went to lunch at Three Creeks because they are offering 50% off for all fire personnel and evacuees. Some pictures below show what it was like at the house. The neighborhood is amazingly intact - unless you are looking down into the canyon, you might not guess we are right in the middle of a fire. Well done firefighters!!!