The month of October was so full of activities that I had no time to post!  One big reason that October flew by for me, was that I literally flew away for a visit to Canada! I was gone for about a week, but we packed so much into the days we were there, that it felt like we were gone much longer!  Canada opened its borders for travel on October 1st with no restrictions.  I had wanted to see my grandmother who had been ill and the time to do it was now.  My brother was able to get away as well, and we decided to arrive together. We are so glad we did! 

In my last post, I mentioned that there was a fire that started just over the ridge from our home.  I wanted to share a few more pictures and stories about the fire that thankfully has been just about completely contained, but in the beginning, we did not know how it would go.