FIRE!!!!!

We had to make the decision to cancel our camping trip yesterday. Idaho is pretty much on fire, and we didn't want to get up there and then find ourselves being evacuated and losing all our camping gear and all that mess. Just being down here in the basin, the smoke is getting so bad the boys' asthma is acting up and everyone's allergies are getting out of control. All my kids have puffy purple bags under their eyes, my eyes feel like there's sandpaper in them. If we went up to the campground where we had a reservation, we'd be surrounded by smoke and fires.

We're going to camp in our backyard instead. I think that will be fun. It will be hot since we keep getting in the triple digits here, but we can still go to the lake which is only up the road about two miles from our house. And if we decide we want our own beds, they're right there! :-)

Be careful all you who decide to brave the mountains right now. Those fires can move fast, and they say new ones keep popping up which is making it impossible to get them under control.