Our time in Montana was impacted by the the forest fire in Glacier National Park and now that we are in California the fires have returned. In both situations we were unlucky in that the fires flared up just a few days before our arrival. The California wildfires have been devastating to many communities and we are fortunate that for us they are just an inconvenience.
For our drive from Crescent City to San Francisco we were planning on just going down Hwy 101. Due to the fires we decided to go around, taking I-5. This added just a couple of hours to our trip, but it also meant getting in to SF at rush hour, rather than in the afternoon.
We did arrive in time to get settled, eat dinner, and get the little girls to bed before the boys and I went to the airport to pick up Erin and Cam. They were actually supposed to arrive in the afternoon, but because of the smoke their flights were adjusted several times. We were thrilled when they were finally on the ground in San Francisco!
