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Mary's House, Dogs, Momo and Abby, the puppy |
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Getting close to having deck done |
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The forest on Mary's driveway |
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This guy across the street from Dad's always left his Nativity scene out all year long. After the fire he took Mary and Baby Jesus inside, turned the manger backwards. He placed all the toy trucks around and hooked up a hose so the pumper truck was squirting water on the little house. His house was saved also. |
Looking down Mary's driveway from the house
The Chicken Coop, flock perished
Full set of china had been in shed
You can see charred support where deck burned
Tree next to Play House started to burn
You can see how close the trees were, shingles melted
Below garden, Blackberry patch returns to life
Looking up Mary's driveway from Bridge
Pine and fir are dead, maples are returning
All wood on steel framed bridge burned
We had an early start so Mary made egg & bagels for breakfast
Gene and Rick start replacing RR ties while Jer and Mike work on under supports
Working along as the day got hot, no shade now
Rebuilding supports
Dad gathering creek rock for supports
Derek and Dad use rebar to reinforce fence posts holding fence for rock supports
Several trips to local quarry for rock, dumped through opening in bridge deck
Lots of rock needed for supports
Mary and Tamra cleaning burned brush from creek
Tamra, Mary and Tookie
Tamra and Gavin, Mike's son
Tookie clearing brush, everybody worked
Mary, up the creek, but still smiling
We form a line to move creek rocks to bridge supports
Then we move to other side of bridge and do the same
A lot of rock is moved into position
Dad is, of course, in the thick of it
Ethan lends his strength when needed
The Jarschke Girls show off their muscles after a day of bridge building
We sit down to a wonderful dinner that evening
This is me under the bridge, I put this in so you could see how much I look like Mom.
Derek under bridge, you can see the support rebuild.
The bridge deck foundation in place, Jer will do the finish work, bolting on 2 x 12 runners 
At Dad's house the fire came very near his truck
Pine needles in the gutter actually caught fire and were put out by the firefighters
You can see the rippeddown, burned part of the gutter above Tamra's head
The trees next to Dad's shed were scorched, but he had cleared the ground around the house and sheds, making them defensible
The burned fence looking through to his neighbor's, which was not defensible
Just over the fence from Dad
Down Concow Rd a ways where Dad gets his mail
Bridge deck in place
Looking down to bridge from Mary's house
Mary drives to her house for the first time since the fire. This will make it much easier to haul water
Signs all along Concow Rd
This one's for you Auntie Bea, their house was saved
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