We are just devastated by the damage that the wildfires have been doing in southwest Texas. The hardest hit area has been around the Fort Davis area north of Alpine, TX where we were last summer. Over 200,000 acres have burned (25 homes and 2businesses) plus many horses and cattle. Our friend's son Brent, who lives at Marathon, TX, has been out helping with the firefighting and the rescue of animals. When Cherokee and Jim talked to him this morning, he had had only about 2 hours sleep in the last few days. The winds are blowing 60 mph sustained today so no breaks to help contain the fires.
Today we were supposed to drive on over to Childress but the high winds kept us off the road. Maybe we will be able to get on the road. Just hope the weather cooperates and that the wind dimishes a whole bunch.
While we have been visiting Jim & Cherokee we have been watching the Decorah, IA bald eagles. A livestream 24/7 camera has been set up to view the male and female and 3 fledglings. Over 32 million viewers have been viewing the growth of the babies. If you want to see the live stream, just type in Decorah Eagles and it will take you to the feed.
