Sunday, August 21, 2011

Never a Dull Moment.....

This past Friday, we came home (Greg from work, Jen from a friend's house - fairly far from home) to a pretty large wildfire burning on the mountain behind our house. Kinda scary at first, not knowing whether we would have to evacuate or not - AND because we could see the red hot flames from our bedroom window.....
We are OK. Our house is OK. No evactuation for us. Although it would have made for a more interesting story. ;)

We also have a mountain lion and a black bear roaming around our area too. The mountain lion eating people's livestock and the bear wandering around exploring.

Just another day in Monument. =) We love it here. =)
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2 comments:

Clare said...

Fires are one of the few downfalls of living in this area. We had a similiar situation when we lived on Ft. Carson. Scary while it is happening, but it makes you so thankful when everything turns out okay. Glad you were safe!The wildlife, I suppose, is a different matter...:)

August 21, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Kristan L. King said...

Okay - I wouldn't do so well with the mountain lion & bear in my neighborhood (glad you can ;) about it)!

As for the fire, the smoke would be the most bothersome thing for me - gives me nose bleeds (the year of the Hayman fire I about bled to death...seriously).

Glad you are all safe, now tell Greg to be on the lookout for those wild animals!!!

August 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM

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