Wallow Fire Back Burns – June 13, 2011

The back burns they set are huge. I don’t know how they keep them under control. […]

Wallow Fire Report – June 11, 2011

Wallow Fire Smoke in the Mornings

It looks like Double Circle Ranch and Eagle Creek are going to be spared in the Wallow fire. Wallow fire is now over 430,000 acres and is 6% contained. It gets windy everyday it seems and has for three weeks or better. Early in the morning we have […]

Wallow Fire – June 10th

Wallow Fire on the San Carlos Reservation and Rose Peak

June 10.

The Wallow fire is up to over 408,000 acres with 5% containment. Here at the Double Circle not too much changed today. The smoke from the fire was intense until late morning – the wind didn’t start blowing until 10:30 or […]

Arizona Wallow Fire, June 9th

Wallow Fire Smoke in the Morning June 9, 2011

June 9th.

Another smoky morning for us on the edge of the Arizona Wallow Fire. Early mornings seem always to be socked in, but clear when the daily winds pick up. The good news for us on Eagle Creek is that the hotshot crews […]

Jeremy Balderrama – Ranch Hand Intern

Herding Texas Longhorns

Jeremy Balderrama is here working as a ranch hand intern. He is an absolute breath of fresh air – makes you have confidence in the younger generation. He is a college student with major in Animal Science and a minor in Criminal Justice – and a second minor that I can’t […]

The Wallow Fire – June 8, 2011

Wallow Fire on the Mogollon Rim

The Wallow fire has grown to 388,000 acres and still has zero containment. It looks like it may break the Arizona worst fire record, which is one record no one wants to see topped!

Our neighbors, Gary and Darcy Ely, loaded dogs and horses and pulled out this […]

Wallow Fire Report – June 7

Wallow Fire Getting Closer

Another day and the Wallow fire is still closer. 4 Drag ranch has lost fences – brand new, finished-this-week fences. That is a ranch disaster. 4 Drag is only 2 ranches north of us. There are many runs down the rim toward Eagle Creek instead of the initial two smoke […]

Wallow Wildfire 2nd Report

So far the wind is blowing from the West or South which means away from the Double Circle. If the winds change, we could be in the next round of evacuations. […]

Wallow Wildfire

Sunset Lights Up the Clouds and Smoke of the Wallow Fire

Well, the big news here is not good news. The ranch is completely socked in with smoke from the Wallow wildfire just north of us. What was started, apparently by a person, has spread from a spark to 180,000+ acres of uncontained fire […]