Heaven on fire
Oh, how quaint. Glacier National Park is on fire. Large fires encroaching on the main entrance AND Going to the Sun Road. Thirty-two hundred acres at ZERO percent contained. They evacuated West Glacier today. Winds are 10-20 miles per hour, fires moving just as fast. Temperatures in the park have been at near 105... this is UNHEARD of. There is no snowmelt left. And the air quality? Heh.

Fire maps. See that lake down there? We'll be staying near the top of the lake on the right. See the number "2" in the phrase "Heavens peak 1 & 2" up near the fire? That "2" is resting on Going to the Sun road, the only road to Logan Pass. The road is closed today because the fire flared up and swept through the loop where that "2" is. It melted some porta-potties to the ground.

We leave for Hell in three four weeks. This will be an adventure. I pity Micah and Rachel (our first-timers this year) but I, for one, am looking forward to it. It's sad, yes, and it will be hard to hike if we can't breathe. But it's also scary. Scary, crazy, and beautiful. Oh, and DANGEROUS. *grins* Bring your gas masks.