A Forest Fire and The Air Show

Saturday afternoon a brush fire broke out about 10 miles from our house, the Sheep Fire. I was keeping a close eye on the news, and wasn't too worried about it as we went to bed that night. But at 2:30 in the morning we had firefighters pounding at the door telling us there was a mandatory evacuation and we needed to leave soon. We started packing up anything irreplaceable we could fit in the car. About an hour later we were on the road. We already had plans to drive down to San Diego for the Miramar Air Show, we just didn't plan on leaving that early, so after a quick stop at the airport of drop off Matt's car we were on our way.

(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

I found these photos online. The photo above was taken several hours after we left. Our home is only one street away from the houses pictured. In the picture below you can get a better view of just how close the fire came to our house.

The weather wasn't the best for being outside, as long as the sun was shining through the clouds it was warm, but most of the day it was chilly and windy. We arrived at the Air Show at about 9:30am, the kids were loving it and really enjoyed checking out all the planes. The main event was the Blue Angels, but they didn't start until 3:00pm. So keeping the kids busy 'til then was a struggle. They finally fell asleep just before the Blue Angels started, and surprisingly slept through all the noise.