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Last year at this time we had the Zaca Fire, this year there is the Gap Fire. Last year it was annoying to stay indoors, this year we actually had to leave the house due to smoke and ash. As Tadd said “we are 6/10ths of a mile from the evacuation warning zone”. You can see where we are different because I would have said the fire was close, I wouldn’t have figured out how close we are. With the twins being at risk for respiratory issues we left to stay at Fauxma and Fauxpa’s house on Wednesday night. Not to mention the fact the power kept going out. I wasn’t too thrilled at the thought of hooking up the breast pump in the middle of the night to the auxiliary jack in the car (I later found the battery pack. That thing takes 10 BATTERIES!). So we packed up all of our crap by candlelight and left at 10 pm. We packed everything back up and went home the next morning. We thought things would be better. Ummm no. The next night the smoke was worse and Derby started to cough, then the power went out again. Andy gave me a dad-type lecture of “I told you not to go home. You don’t listen to me.” as we showed up at their doorstep the next night. We stayed there for 3 nights. We spent last night in our own bed which was great. The smoke was much better. So for those who were worried, we are hanging in there. More updates later…and I will reveal our surprise house guest.

Aerial photograph by Scott London