Uncomfortably amazing

Yesterday mom picked me up after 4 and we saw a big smoke plume in the distance. It looked like it was by Farmer's Loop but as we got closer it looked like it was in Goldstream. As we crested the hill on Ballaine it looked like it was REALLY close to mom's house. Our stomachs were in knots. We saw some smoke jumpers too. We got to her house and decided to walk up to the top of the hill to take a look (I've been wanting to do that haha. There was a REALLY awesome view of the mountains and hills). We walked through the forest and found a trail above the power lines that looked like you could see the fire well. We got to the other side..and there was the fire on the next hill over. You could see the smoke and flames shooting up. It was really amazing to see. It was pretty windy and it looked like the fire was moving fast towards us so we went back home and mom gathered up the most important things in case we needed to evacuate. There were a lot of planes going to fight the fire..that was also very cool to see. Later after Ryan got home from work the four of us went back to the top of the hill..but the smoke was pretty thick so you couldn't see flames or anything. I'm amazed at the speed the firefighters controlled the fire and I'm extremely grateful to them. It's getting windy again today so I hope the fire doesn't start back up again..

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