The sun at 7:30 tonight, red because of smoke. Yuck, the air taste like smoke. 
Another fire in one of God's beautiful areas. This time it is much closer to home. The Telegraph fire is near Mariposa, the area of Midpines to be exact on both sides of the Merced River heading towards Yosemite National Park, the main gate. It's several miles from the park but it is burning in terrain that hasn't been touched by wildfire in over 100 years (according to the news reports), therefore there's tons of underbrush just ready to be burned. Having a few years of drought hasn't helped with the greenery either. It is in areas that are not easily accessible, When we go to Yosemite it take us 1 1/2 hours to get to the main gate. We are in no way in danger here but Yosemite is threatened and may need to be evacuated.
We also hear that there is a fire near the L.A. Zoo, and it had to be evacuated.
We have visited Yellowstone before the devastation fire in 1988 and after after in 2004 and you can see the regrowth and it's beauty again. We have been to Mt. St. Helen's a few years after the volcanic eruption and again in 2002, and you see much regrowth there, also. One thing I have noticed is that if it is God's creation it almost always repairs itself.
It would just be nice to not have these wildfires.
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I haven't heard much lately, so had hoped that things were better. I haven't been watching the news -- I'm so sorry that it is destroying so much beauty.
We're really dry around here, and when it gets that way, we end up with fires, too. Hope it rains soon for all of us!
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