Grayling is on Fire!

This afternoon a wildfire sparked near Grayling. The last I heard, it has burnt over 1100 acres. Firefigthers are still trying to contain the fire. From what I can gather it has come very close to town, and there are many conflicting reports of whether any buildings have burnt down yet. They have closed down I-75. A paramedic friend of mine took these pictures while sitting in the ambulance on stand by. He is at the south end of the city. Glad I didn't have to work today!

On a totally different subject, my wonderful and oh so dedicated garage cat, Ruff, has had another liter of kittens. I obviously didn't make it to the vet in time to get her fixed before this happened again. I'm not sure when they showed up, but right now there appear to be three healthy little kittens. With her first liter, she lost two kittens that I know of. And her second liter, only one kitten survived for a couple of days, and than it died also. We'll see how many make it with this one.

I put in another 4 miles of hiking today. I carried 20 pounds of weight on my back. This is the best I've felt so far. Of course it was only 4 miles. No blisters, no back aches, no nothing!! As soon as I can tolerate carrying twice as much weight for a minimum of 10 miles, it will be free sailing from there. Only about 10 more weeks. Things are supposed to get cold and snowy this weekend, but as soon as it warms up for any length of time, I'll go off on my first overnight hike.

Tonight the Wings started the second round of the playoffs! They beat Colorado 4-3. A great game, they really looked sharp. Only 11 more wins to go!

So other than Grayling burning, things are good in my world.