Maiku and Corazon, of course, weren’t thinking of the humor, but in these wildfire days, I’ll take a smile at any opportunity. (Pic from a couple of days ago; yesterday was basically a brown haze nearly all day.)
Fire news: The Ferris Fire is 51,622 acres as of Monday night, and containment has increased to 22 percent. Nearly 540 people are working on this fire, and I would lay a bet that all surrounding residents are unimaginably grateful for every single one of them. Isn’t that pretty fabulous? We may not know any one of them; we love each and every one of them for fighting for OUR lands, our homes, our wildlife, our lives. No caveats, just absolute and total gratitude.
I got lucky with timing on this one, which *was* taken yesterday evening from Chrome’s Point in the basin. It was around 6:30 p.m., and the chopper was heading north from the Ferris Fire, likely back to base in … Montrose? Grand Junction? I wanted to jump up and down and wave and flash high fives, but I probably looked like an ant.
Or possibly a humanoid alien. 🙂 The smoke was bad enough when I set out that I added a mask to my accoutrements. By the time of this pic (sunset-ish yesterday), I may not have needed it, but maybe safer than sorrier? And take a gander to the far northwest mountains (Utah’s La Sals). Is that virga?!? One (and probably a whole lot more than this (some)one) can only hope that even some of that was hitting the parched earth.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Regarding the mask – yes, safe rather than sorry! I think too much of the time, we dont realize just how polluted our air is especially during these wildfire times.
At one point a couple years ago, the Canada fires were blowing a lot of smoke down here – cant imagine what it was like up there.
Praying for all the people and animals affected by the fires! Hoping for some rain soon! Great picture of the pintos!
Or maybe “synchronized dusting,” a mustang Olympic event. 😁 Yes. Humor is much needed. And we are so indescribably grateful for every one of those firefighters. Looks from the “map of fire” website that flames have reached north to the Dolores Overlook. 😢 The fire’s insatiable appetite seems impossible to stop. Praying for rain to come as a “support crew” for the firefighters and praying for them.