As most of you have heard, Colorado Springs was victim to a horrible wildfire over the last week and half. The firefighters are finally starting to get control of it, but not until after 347 homes were lost and two people were killed in Tuesday, June 26th's firestorm.
The city is rallying together to take care of it's own and in a city of over 400,000 people you still get that small town feel when you drive through the city. People are lining up with signs applauding our firefighters during shift change. It's been amazing to see.
Most of the evacuees are back in their home except for those with no homes to return to. The Waldo Canyon fire is currently 70% contained and has burned almost 18,000 acres.
I can still smell the acrid stench of fire when I get to work.
So glad we are on the other side of the city and were unaffected by the fire and the evacuations, though our hearts go out to those affected.
Some pictures of the events...
On the TTC front, we are taking this month off. Todd will be traveling during our fertile time out to Connecticut to get my mom packed up and then he is driving her belongings and vehicle to our house. So it's probably best with everything going on that we sit out this month and move foward in a few weeks when everything has settled down.
Hope everyone is well!
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