It is still super Smokey out here I woke up and I couldn't walk.
Not that I was actually going to try getting all the way up and take a step.
Oh my God I'm in agony. But strangely as much as I hurt and I couldn't leave to go help again I was okay.
Oh my God it still hurts so bad.
Trying to sleep all day helped a bunch and then I cut open the corners of a hand warmer package and put that on my lower back where my spine connects with my hips.
The pain has slowed down 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. I'm able to start my stretching routine to regain movement.
8:00 and onwards hopefully this has loosened the annoying connection of my spine and hips from angrily protesting my existence and clearly painting how beautiful life is....
flashbacks of everything that happened last night all the ups and downs the horror as well as the hope.
I seen oregonians come out of the woodwork.
I seen people come together sharing working together.
And I have seen more homes burned to the ground than I have ever seen in my life.
Driving up that road while it was still light out you could see more of the damage. At first I was excited because it was an interesting pile of rubble only a foot tall.
My excitement sobered up very quickly when I realized that that was somebody's house. And all the other piles were more houses and the more we drove the quicker I stopped counting. The more we drove the less I wanted to see somebody else's property. Because it was so saddening.
Even today inside of Vancouver Washington there have been fire department trucks going Non-Stop.
I believe yesterday there was an individual who threw a Molotov cocktail into a pile of brush starting a fire was chased down and arrested and even admitted this.
Whatever you do pray for Oregon this is absolutely crazy.
However on the other side I saw so much hope. People working together and watching out for each other.
People passionate about caring. I saw grown men cry. I saw amazingly strong women. I seen Oregon together.
Even with a suspected arson incident watching everybody come together and with ingenuity we had an IBC container on the back of a pickup truck that was able to stop roaring flames from spreading through tinder and charcoal.
Having an arson incident in our volunteer work party by a couple of guys that had shown up to help out. That shocked everybody.
Super worrisome and when you are trying to put out fires and see animals burn to death, it's not something that's socially acceptable. The emotions come out.
And this is a very rural area with people who have known ranching and being outdoors. People who have a deep connection to the land. People who have guns and who hunt in these lands. Fishing poles to help them access the amazing fish abundancy that we have here.
People that live and work in these forests and who have done this for many generations. To see everything just burn to the ground is incredible.
I don't know what to say other than there is hope and so many people in Oregon have come together I am watching all of the lists of individuals who committed arson row and this is pretty crazy the amount of people who have been caught lighting things on fire in the middle of this dry season.
But here is what I can't get out of my head. Why would you be trying to start a fire to engulf the town of estacada when it was just spared when so many towns have not been.
Well I'm super credited up and coughing up some wonderful smoke residues. super sore barely able to walk so I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do much however maybe I can work out some way to order pizza. Actually that does sound pretty good if I think about it.
Anyway thank you everybody really appreciate it.
Hopefully if I can stretch out and keep working on my range of motion I can be able to go help out tomorrow with the knowledge that I definitely can't work super hard again.
