Author: Liz

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Beating the heat, cont’d.

When it is hot, you need to drink plenty of water…

…and stay in the shade…

… tonic water is water, isn’t it ?? And does it count if there is a little gin in it ??

I bought a small bottle of gin several weeks ago as a gin and tonic sounded good, which is funny as I think it was over 10 years ago that I had my last…made for me by my mother when I met my folks in Utah to ski (on snow!). Anyway, my first G&T was very refreshing but a day later, the 2nd had a funny taste. Flat tonic water AND I looked at the label and was surprised to find the Schweppes Tonic water had high fructose corn syrup in it. A google search, some reading of Amazon reviews and I ordered the above Fever Tree sampler. I’m throwing my vote in with most of the Amazon reviewers – I like it! I haven’t compared it to Q Tonic which is the other brand without hfcs but don’t think I need to. The Amazon reviewers who compared voted for the Fever Tree and I really like that it comes in small glass bottles – 1 bottle makes 1 drink so no leftover to go flat.

*** A sad week. The loss of the 19 firefighters is heartbreaking. My thoughts and prayers for their families, friends and fellow firefighters as well as for families of the firefighters in the midst of western fires. If it is difficult for me, I cannot imagine what it is like for those closer.

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Canola

I use it as little as possible now, but it sure makes for a pretty picture.

***Canola is a GMO RoundUp ready plant and Monsanto holds a seed patent.

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There’s no place like home!

YES!

Ok… yes! – the situation is still a bit dicey, no containment on the fire but there is a significant fireline and much in place for protection of South Fork, so residents were given an option to go home with the caveat that they were on pre-evacuation notice and should be ready to leave IMMEDIATELY if notified.

The weather looks somewhat better, the fire behavior has modified.

The Mineral County Miner ??? – it has been my go to news source. It is a Creede, CO paper but it has been the best at updating online. GO Creede!

My folks are going to stay in their home, not unpacking and in fact are getting some additional things loaded…just in case, but hopefully they will be able to stay and all will continue calming a bit.

Meanwhile, in my own home territory…

It did get to 84F today and we are forecast to continually get hotter through next mid-week.

BUT…One day at a time – today was warm-hot, but beautiful and it is Friday and we are all home!

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Weather, etc.

The waning “super moon” greeted us on this morning’s first outing.

Overnight dew turned into ground mist as the sun rose.

A beautiful, cool morning…

Bear stood watch on Beardog Point after our perimeter walk.

Bob took the front door duty after he walked down the driveway with me. Although we started another round of a combo medication – just to be sure we beat the bugs – Bob is very close to 100% back to normal Bob. Hoo-rah!!

We took extra time outside this morning – for a work day… after a wonderful run of cool weather with overnight rain and some daytime showers, a sudden jump into summer and heat is forecast.

I looked at NOAA yesterday afternoon.

Hazardous Weather Outlook ???? … for sunshine ???

No, for heat. Not just heat, historic heat!! See, I am not the only heat wimp in Montana :) !

***Colorado West Fork Complex. I guess because no structures have been lost, i.e. there is not enough drama for this fire to continue to make the news despite the fact that there are 1400 people working it with no containment yet and continued extreme fire behavior. It is good news that no structures have been lost and people like my folks are VERY grateful for the effort. My folks are still evacuated – their home is on the edge of South Fork, CO which is closest to the north east border of the largest fire. The fire is still spotting up to a mile away and also doing some crown runs. A bulldozed fire line which is being continually monitored and widened sits between their house and the fire. Firefighters have also been able to protect Wolf Creek ski area, numerous cabins and other small resorts. It is still a matter of weather but there is some hope that things will be calm enough to allow access this coming weekend.