I woke up to the smell of smoke and ran outside to see what it was only to see smoke billowing off of the next mountain. He says, "Are we going?" I said, "Yes, definitely!" as the neighbor pulls up in his jeep and says "There's a fire.You guys going to evacuate on this one?! I just put everything important into my shed and I'm staying." I said, "Yes, we're going for sure." Remembering that he'd put everything in his shed as He and I got the 5th wheel hooked to the truck. I then pulled our new van into the shed with all the off road vehicles, workout equipment and 'new house' saved items...there was no time to grab more...no time to grab favorite truck to move, no time to grab other mustang no time to grab pictures...no time. I grabbed one mustang and He drove one truck w/5th wheel out and down the mountain. We evacuated 5 different times, each time packing up the 5th wheel and never resting because the fire just kept coming! Day 2 I followed a fire truck back to see what was lost...The house, the shed and everything in it, the bed of my favorite truck all were gone...either melted to the ground or sitting in blackness. The ground was still smoldering as I realized that the ONLY thing that wasn't fully paid for and insured, the other mustang, had been spared!! |
