Wenatchee Fires

We flew into Wenatchee on Horizon Air late in the evening of September 10. We had heard that a terrific lightening storm had ignited hundreds of small fires along the backside of the Cascades from Tonasket to Quincy. Some were being fanned by the winds into larger fires. We were a little shocked as we flew over Cashmere on our landing approach and viewed the flames right at the edge of Wenatchee. You could also see various other small fires from Blewett Pass to Highway 2. Little did we know at the time that we were in for two months of fire and smoke as some of the smaller fires joined to make much larger blazes. The smoke got so bad at times that we fled the area to get a break from the foul air. Mark & Laurel's neighborhood was on high alert for evacuation several times as the fire went back and forth along the western edge of the foothills. The picture below is from the night of the 10th looking south across Highway 2 from the southern end of our street.