Just before the Monsoon took a break this week we had some pretty good storms that skirted the Happy Jack Lodge. Although we got little, if any, rain from them, there were three lightening strikes in areas fairly close to us on the 4th of July. The National Forest Service has been dropping off daily reports for the ATV'ers about the fires and how they are progressing. These lightening strikes started fires and the NFS uses these strikes to perform "Managed Burns" in those areas. We can see the smoke from these fires every day and it's very interesting to watch how they use these fires to better control the undergrowth in these forest areas to prevent huge fires in the future. This morning is a bit hazy from the smoke so the wind probably has shifted so that the smoke is coming our way. It's not too bad but it is noticeable.
Today is another early start at the lodge - 7 AM. We are talking about taking another trip or two on the back roads on our days off. There are so many places to go it's hard to decide which ones to see. Hiking is also in our future but not until we can get some needed items: backpacks, hiking sticks, boots for Josie. It may be awhile before we are totally outfitted for hiking.
That's about it for now...
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