Scorched Earth

Duff was in Utah for a few days, and he and Shaun flew back in this afternoon. Shaun has some doctor appointments tomorrow and Monday and then back to Provo Monday evening.

Christine and I went to pick them up at John Wayne airport. It was the first time we have been on the 241 toll road since the fires. It was completely shocking. The earth just looks scorched. Black, barren, dead. It was amazing how the fire burned and jumped over the toll road and how it ate up the orange and avocado groves. All of a sudden there will be a row of trees untouched. It's hard to comprehend how random and yet complete it burned.

The city has already sprayed some of that seedling green landscape spray over some of the areas that they are concerned about for the winter rains so we don't have mudslides.

I will get some pictures when I can and post them here. Needless to say--it was emotional to see the destruction this caused with my own eyes. I wondered what Heavenly Father thought about His creation being treated this way.