It all began as a typical Wednesday afternoon. The boys and I were in the living room, homeschooling, and David was on the phone, working in the bedroom office. Suddenly, our electricity went out.! David called to me and pointed out of the window to a large plume of smoke. It looked like one of the businesses nearby was on fire. We decided to walk and see if we could find it. The smoke was so large; we were certain it was close.
We started walking…and walking…and walking…the smoke continued to loom large, but we never seemed to get any closer. We watched about four planes and a couple of helicopters bring large amounts of water to pour over the fire. Finally, we realized that the fire was on the other side of the freeway, and we needed to cut our losses and head back. So, we decided to cut into a neighborhood for a residential stroll on the way back.
‘R’ found this huge dragonfly (cranefly?). This is his hand for perspective…
Taking a break in the shade…
Another break at a park…
Final break at ‘Top This Yogurt’…
We were able to track down this news story: Police Chase Leads to Fire
I decided to map our journey on mapmyrun.com. Turns out we "only" walked a total of three miles, but it seemed much longer. It was a fun break to a mundane day.