Fire

Thanks to all of you who have called  to see if we are safe from  the fire raging in Alpine-Greer. We are safe but have been getting lots of smoke covering the ranch. The fire is 40-50 miles away. Our neighbor had ash covering her porch and sometimes we can't see very far due to the smoke. Last night on the news, they were talking about Springerville getting ready to evacuate. It is 40 miles from Saint Johns and we are another 20 miles from St Johns. This is so sad because the area being burned is so beautiful. We were planning on going there this fall to cut firewood for the winter. Well, there may be no firewood to cut! There are 2300 firefighters fighting this fire and they haven't even begun to get it contained. It is the third largest forest fire in the history of Arizona. So please pray for the safety of the surrounding towns and the firefighters. A couple of buildings have been lost but so far no one has been injured. We've been having winds, yesterday 45mph and that isn't helping the fire any. My poor garden has been beat to death. I planted some extra tomato plants on Sunday and by Monday night, they were dead from the wind. The strawberries are struggling to survive. They haven't put out a single runner.
I'll keep you posted about the fire.