They deliberately set a fire to burn out brush and trees where the landscape has become too crowded.
The downside of this is that the forest is close to the cities and it can get uncomfortably smoky.
This was from a controlled burn south of Groom Creek a week or so ago.
But we can get smoke from fires far away, too, depending on wind conditions.
Williams is 50 to 60 miles north of us and a burn was being conducted in that area this week.
When strong winds blew from north to south here is what we got.
While the smoke is a nuisance, we can at least be thankful that we don't have the raging fires that are plaguing California at the present.
Our thoughts are with family and friends that live over there.
