2013 Yosemite Adventure – Rim Fire

Ahhh Finally home in my Yosemite. The sky is blue and the air crisp and all the sounds of late summer is music to my ears. I arrived on the 18th. I heard there was a fire that had started just a day ago… The fire lookouts were keeping an eye on it but it was far from the Yosemite borders. I went about my daily walks and swims in the Merced River. My camp is perfect and I am set for a wonderful visit with this sacred valley.
Rim Fire Aug 25, 2013
The rim fire is now the largest fire in the us. Calif. has declared a state of emergency and the top fire fighters in the nation are now here fighting the fire. It started aug 17 and the cause is Under investigation. But feared it was set by Careless campers. Yesterday we drove up to the crane flat fire look out and took some amazing and horrifying photos. My heart was breaking as the billow of smoke plumed hundreds, maybe thousands of feet in the air.  Tears welled up and i found myself  weeping for this terrible loss.
This is a hot destructive fire storm that has so far destroyed over 150,000 acres and yesterday burned its way into Yosemite.  30,000 acres have gone from this sacred place and last night the ranger told us a part of this fire has broken off and heading for white wolf.. They must hold the line at white wolf or we will all be evacuated.

I am praying ..we are praying…please help by closing your eyes for a moment and pray with us for a quick resolution of this fire. Let the winds calm and the showers fall and lay this fire to rest. Protect  all the creatures of the forest that have lost their home and for the many who have lost their life. Protect and give wisdom to the 2500 fire fighters now in harms way….Protect the great grove of sequoias that are now in peril  for this we pray..amen. And so it is….