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 so. The fire has run down the hills farther and so is a little closer. But the fire crews back-burned to stop fire spread, and hopefully it will keep the fire from Eagle Creek. They built a fire break up by Malay Gap to stop the fire.
It was HOT this afternoon. I can’t imagine how the fire crews must feel in their heavy outfits fighting the smoke and blaze in these mountains. That is a hard, tough job.
On the other hand, the restrictions will stay in effect until we get some rain. That means I can’t ride and find the last 25 or so steers I am missing. Also, I can’t herd the cattle to control grazing. Plus all fence work our Apache crew was doing is on standby until rain. We can’t fuse pipe, set water tanks, or place troughs – basically do any ranch work. It seems really strange to not saddle up and herd the longhorns. Maybe monsoons will arrive early.
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