Those are not clouds, my friends.
Utah is on fire.
No, literally.
On fire.
Holy smokes!
But all joking aside, isn't this just so sad? We drove through this on our way to Lehi (where we've been for the last couple of weeks!) and were sad to realize that it wasn't just this fire. 
There were tons of them. Right there in Utah County even.
My precious Alpine Loop was closed because American Fork Canyon was burning. Another fire started in Alpine (pictured above) while we were there... threatening a lot of homes. I guess there are more than a dozen fires. Most of them were started by lightning... it's so dry. :( As we got closer to this particular one... we said adios to the beautiful blue sky as we drove into and under this blanket of thick smoke.
And this... is what the next few hours looked like. 
Now, before you get all depressed thinking about beautiful forests and mountains going up in flames... know this: we didn't let fire stop us from having a blast with our family while we were there! Stay tuned for an whole slew of posts from our vacation. Dominic and Damon had so much fun with their cousins... and we had a new adventure planned for every day. It was exhausting... but so, so great to be with the ones we love!
There were tons of them. Right there in Utah County even.
My precious Alpine Loop was closed because American Fork Canyon was burning. Another fire started in Alpine (pictured above) while we were there... threatening a lot of homes. I guess there are more than a dozen fires. Most of them were started by lightning... it's so dry. :( As we got closer to this particular one... we said adios to the beautiful blue sky as we drove into and under this blanket of thick smoke.
And this... is what the next few hours looked like.
Eerie.
And yellow.
And sad.
Now, before you get all depressed thinking about beautiful forests and mountains going up in flames... know this: we didn't let fire stop us from having a blast with our family while we were there! Stay tuned for an whole slew of posts from our vacation. Dominic and Damon had so much fun with their cousins... and we had a new adventure planned for every day. It was exhausting... but so, so great to be with the ones we love!
Thank you to everyone who fed us, entertained us, housed us, played with us, put up with us, and loved us like crazy. We love you all! (You know who you are.)
Check back for the onslaught of vacay posts...
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