Just came back to so called civilization after spending a week in the bush; no hydro, no phone, no newspaper, no internet.

Think I would gladly return for a few more weeks after reading this thread.

Thread drift alert....We didn't know the lights were out somewhere, but one thing of which we were well aware, was the smoke and drifting ash. The fires here are said to be discharging the equivalent energy of one small nuclear bomb per hour. Saw two new ones getting a foothold on the drive home from Alberta yesterday.

Oh for a bit of rain.......hydro or no hydro.