Lika’s Log

Last Sunday we had to make a quickie trip to Phoexnix. We left late Sunday aftanoon and was back Monday befoe dark. We always have #1’s Bed & Breakfast to stay at. Its just 4.5hrs down and 4.5hrs up. Just down da road da kine. *L*

We take the backroad aka 87 down to Phoenix. If you have your AZ map boys & girls; find Holbrook, AZ and go south thru da mountains. We go thru Holbrook, Heber, Payson anden Phoenix. Its bascially going down da mountain and into da valley aka Phoenix.

It was about 8:30 pm as we cruised down the mountain outside of Payson when we were treated to God’s light show. Across the mountain ranges you could see lightning happening. There was vertical white lightning striking the mountain ranges anden there would be yellow lightning streaking horizontally along da mountain range. It was really pretty, ja’like God taking our picture kine.

After one of the many lightning strikes we notice smoke from one of the mountain tops. So thats how the wildfires start. Then as we got another 20 miles or so down da road we noticed alot of smoke ahead of us. As we continued to drive towards Phoenix we could tell there was a big wildfire on the other side of the mountain to our left. The smoke got thicker and you could smell it really heavy and as we wind down da mountain, next thing we up on the ridge we could see yellow and red flames dancing in da dark.

It was really pretty but also very spooky cause fires spread so fast. It look like it was close to highway but really it was like 10 miles or more away. You could see the line of fire getting closer to the road. Then Husband reminded me, watch for animals. Oh shoot, the deer and elk going be running towards da road yeah.

Moe worst some people so ignorant, I swear; they go pull ova on da side and go watch try take pic-cha la dat. For one thing there was plenny cars headed back into Phoenix since it was Sunday night and plus there’s not a large shoulder to be parking. So it becomes frkng bottleneck traffic. Its called a WILDFIRE for a reason, you don’t stop and be tourist; hello.

The mountain side was lighted up really pretty in yellows, orange and reds. Very mesmerizing. I thought of Pele. Because the line of fire looked like lava flowing. “I think Pele was vacationing in Arizona.”

Anden as we get into Phoenix what do we see? The car in front of us, flicks out a cigarette. If that cigarette had hit some dry grass and shrubs there would have been another fire. People can be so ignorant sometimes. Some people have no respect for the land or nature.

Anyway the Four Peaks fire was contained and did not reach the road. In fact the we went back home the same way and could see all da blackened hills. Oh and we did see one dead deer so car did have a run in with an animal. That’s so scarey. We hit a deer once, very scarey stuff.

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