A friend came over Sunday afternoon and said Cottonwood Island, in Longview, WA was on fire. He is a firefighter, and said there were no plans to work the fire for a day or two...This isn't uncommon - the island has quite a few char marks from previous fires. Most of them seem to be related to campers.
Only the south-end of the island was on fire. The girls were worried - next month is Fall Chinook and we usually camp on the island... besides, we have treasure on that island. Think of the pearls!I had to drive into Rainier, OR anyway, so I snapped a few photos. The afternoon wind was whipping up the flames - they were visible from Goble, OR.
Where the heck is Goble?
This photo is from the north end of Rainier, OR - heading up the big hill. As you can see, there was no sign of the fire... camp is safe!The weird thing is that 2 hours later when heading south again, the wind was gone, and there was no sign of the fire! No smoke, no flames, nothing.
