Smoke Sets

Top of the hill at the property

The dark side to our warm dry spring weather was a big fire on the Kenai Peninsula. Most of the fire stayed within the boundaries of the Kenai National Wildlife refuge, and thankfully no one was hurt or had their houses burn down although a lot of people were evacuated as flames threatened their neighborhood.  Unfortunately the smoke doesn't sit still and we ended up with a couple of smoky days both at the house and over Memorial Day weekend at the property.  A couple days it was so thick we couldn't see the mountains across from the house, but mostly it hung on the horizon reminding us all that a good hard rain is a good thing every once in awhile. 

View from the top kitchen deck at the house