October 11, 2024 - We spent the night of October 4th at the guesthouse of friends along Big Goose Creek about 7 miles south of Wolf Creek and 10 miles south of the fire line.  At 1:30am a howling northwest wind woke us.  Out the window a foreboding, intense orange glow filled the sky to the north and west.  We got up, made coffee, and prepared to wait the 5 hours till daylight to see what was happening.  At 5am one of the neighbors who had a better view of the fire knocked on the door and advised us to pack and leave.  By 6am we sat in the dark 8 miles farther away, out of harm's way in my brother's driveway watching the fire burn along the face of the mountain, still waiting for daylight.  We were worried and anxious to find out about our house and the fire near the ranch.  At first light we left to try to get close to home to see about the fire.  Cresting Graham Hill we were relieved and grateful to see that the fire had been kept out of the Wolf Creek drainage as it swept down the face of the mountain in the night.