Sunday, September 9th, 2012
As we descended the trail we noticed an impressive plume of smoke rising above Jackson, and another to the east. This required investigation.
There were two fires that started late on Saturday. This one was just south of Jackson.
(This is the one further east--we didn't check that one out.)
There were airplanes and helicopters taking off from the airport as we drove back into town. As we approached, we could see them swoop in to pour flame-retardent on the hillside.
(We spent a good 15 minutes watching them on Monday, too.)
This is the view from the vistors' center lawn, just north of town.
After supper we went a little ways south of town, to where we could see the fire glowing on the hills.
As it got darker, we saw more and more little orange spots jump up here and there.
The fire-watching became boring after a while, even with all the eavesdropping we were able to do on our fellow watchers, so we went back to the hotel.
The orange glow in the centre is the fire trying to cross the ridge. Firefighters were trying all day and night to keep it from crossing the ridge, because then it would be hard to keep it from sweeping down into the valley,
and eventually into Jackson itself.
I sat outside for a good hour or so, watching the fire through binoculars and talking with my friend on the phone.
It made for an exciting night!
~Kiwi~
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