Sunday Morning

Hi All,
Things were fairly quiet here at camp most of the day yesterday, but the fire grew from 31,000 acres on Friday night to 52,000 acres this morning! Yesterday afternoon, this cloud bloomed over the Equestrian Center and I started to worry. Craig again ran up the mountain on the dirt bike to get a better look. It's a good thing he actually LIKES riding his dirt bike, because we have been sending him all over the last few days. He took this photo of a helicopter making a water drop.

Again, we are humbled by the men and women who are risking their lives fighting this very nasty fire. We went out to breakfast in town yesterday and saw firetrucks from Santa Barbara, Ventura and the Office of Emergency Services. There are people from all over California here protecting us and our neighbors. Thank you doesn't seem adequate.

The bloom over the Equestrian Center bothered me enough that we decided to drive around the Valley and get a little closer look. As we drove, it became more clear that the main part of the fire is still a good distance from us. This photo was taken outside of Taylorsville about a 10 mile drive from camp and shows how big and aggressive this fire has become.
Unfortunately, there is a change expected today in the wind and therefore, the fire's movements. We were hoping to possibly start bringing our horses home, but with the weather forecast, we are going to again, "wait and see", which is of course, very frustrating!!
Here is the weather forecast from the Incident Command:
Projected movement of fire:
12 hour: Predicted low humidity and NE wind event is expected to push fire to SW.
24 hr: NE wind forecasted with anticipated spread to SW
48 hr: Stronger NE influence and lower humidity expected; could case significant spread to SW
72 hr: SE influence and lower humidity expected to continue, which could cause significant spread to SW.
I will update if anything changes today.
Take care,
Becky