Wallow Fire

The Wallow Fire started on Memorial week-end. It grew to be the 2nd largest fire in the state of Arizona and then beat that and became the 1st largest fire in the history of Arizona. We could stand out the back door and watch the smoke building. Breathing was very difficult. Gary was called to the fire on June 2nd and spent 14 days fighting the fire.

I am so proud of our St. Johns fire fighters that left their homes and families to protect the homes for other families. Gary spent time mixing slurry for the helicopters, watering roads to keep the dust down to actually fighting the fire.

Gary and Smoke came home very tired and weary. He could hardly wait to jump in the shower and just relax on the couch watching TV. It was so good to have him home. To date the fire has burned more than a half a million acres and it is still burning.