Peaches & Colorado Wildfire Smoke

 

Picking peaches in July at the Palisade Peach Ranch.

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Colorado Fires...

This is the plume of smoke from the Pine Gulch fire when it was 20 miles north of Grand Junction (soon after it's lightning strike ignition).

There has been ash falling out of the sky since Friday night. This morning there were pieces of white ash all over the trampoline and patio. Many have had headaches, clogged noses and drainage in their throats from the smoke. This was the view down the street near our house when leaving for meeting at the chapel. Normally this would be a view of the Grand Mesa rising above the valley at 10,000 feet elevation.

This is looking across the Grand Valley at the Bookcliffs. They are completely obscured by smoke.

This view from the 29 Road bridge over the Colorado River should be of the Grand Mesa.

This afternoon the light was orange and now is turning red as the sun sets.

News sources are reporting that more than 100,000 acres of Colorado are currently burning. (That's out of 66 million acres, but still, it takes a lot of fire personnel to work on containment!)

We are praying for rain!