The fire came close and closer...

and became louder and louder.

The smoke got thicker...

and more hot sparks were falling on us.

Then the trees were torching around our cabins.

We did have crews and a lot of neighbors who stayed with some of the cabins.

They were spraying water north of the fire too.

Then the helicopters started coming in.

There was so much smoke it took them a while to find openings that they could get to water through.This picture is actually from Upper Lake on Saturday.

We love those helicopter pilots.

I hope they know how much we appreciated them.

They are our heros.

We couldn't believe any cabins were still standing when the let us go back in.

But they were all still there and most of the trees too.

Our friends still have their cabins too.

It's burning all around and they are working today (Monday) at mopping up and putting out the materials that are still burning.

This may go on all week as the fire burns to the east and west of us.

Trees were smoldering in between the cabins...

and there were flames on the ridge to the west of us. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Tom Kerr and Mike Wallace who lost their cabins outside of Warren.