Fire update: Good news-it rained last night-not a lot but enough that it put out some of the hot spots and cleaned the smoke out of the air. What we have left now is black scorched earth where the backfires were set. I think we got lucky on wind direction and much cooler temps. I turned on the heat for the first time this fall. I just hope it doesn't flare up again.

One my son-in-law Eric's (the Delta pilot) stops this weekend was a layover in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There isn't a prettier place to be at this time of year. They were probably hauling in elk hunters and had an arsenal in the baggage area.

Bumper sticker seen on the back of a grocery getter (mom's mini station wagon) in a grocery parking lot:
"Ginger Roger did everything Fred Astaire did except she did it backward in high heels"