Libby, Mt

We have had two days where it was clear enough -- not so much smoke-- that we could take pictures.  The area is loaded with wild turkeys.  We've seen flocks of them everywhere too bad its not Thanksgiving.  The Kootenai River runs by Libby, Montana.  Its a beautiful river and its running a little low with it so dry around here.  We did see some folks fishing - not sure if they were catching anything. 

A fire in the wilderness area has finally broke out into an area close to homes.  They aren't allowed to put fires out in a designated wilderness area so they have just been watching it until now.  Of course now its big, threatening homes and forcing folks to evacuate.  Its too bad the fire couldn't have been dealt with when it was small.  It could reach the main highway that leads south out of town.  This is the direction we want to go and we were hoping to stay until after Labor Day.  We will be watching the fire fighting closely but the dense smoke might chase us out before the actual fire does.