Wildfire in the neighbor's valley
I dread the summertime!
It used to be a time when we could look forward to get-togethers such as rodeos and picnics, and even maybe a few days off. Now it's the time we always are on edge and find ourselves looking at the mountaintops for telltale signs of a new wildfire. It's only been a few years since we had our last huge fire and I watched my family disappear behind a wall of flame while desperately moving cattle out of the way of a fast approaching fire only minutes behind them. At the same time, we all thought one son had been enveloped by the fire while making a fire break on his cat. I still get tears in my eyes writing about the terror of it all.
And worse than anything is the helpless feeling that I don't know when or how it will all end.