This weekend I went with my brother, Adam and his family up to my other brother, Mark's house for his daughter's 1st birthday. They live about 4 hours north of us but Friday night it took us 6 hours with traffic....not fun! Anyhoo, weekend was great. Had a good time visiting with everyone and we headed home on Sunday. As we were headed home, we have to pass Magic Mountain and to our surprise their was a HUGE fire going in the canyon to the side of the freeway. As we got closer and closer to our house, the air cleared up almoset completely until we got to Irvine and looked to the left of the freeway and see more smoke. So, that was the start to a VERY long 4 days and counting. Currently their is a fire south of us in Camp Pendleton which is approx. 20 miles from us and then the fire that we saw that started in Irvine but is now less than 10 miles from us. Doug and I drove out to part of the fires last night that are by our church, Saddleback and this is what we saw. As a newby with the photography, I know I should have had a tripod for this night shot but I didn't so this is what I got. Pretty scary! Last I heard, this fire is 50% contained and the most disturbing thing about it is that this was arson. While Doug and I were out taking pix, we got a phone call that some close friends of ours had lost their home.....how devasting. I cannot imagine what that would be like. I've spent the past few days thinking about what I would pack if we were asked to evacuate and as easy as that may seem for some, it hasn't been for me so tonight I am going to go room to room and jot down any items that I think are irreplaceable such as family heirlooms so I know just what to grab if and when we may need to go.
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