Unfortunately, the area will probably be rezoned for apartments and condo's, multi family housing is the wave of the future in the bigger cities. rack and stack.
I heard on our local news channel up here in N Idaho that some of our fire fighters are there and heading there to help out.
Fire scares the **** out of me, so all I can do is pray for you folks.
BTW why did you move from the great state of Idaho.
Why did I move ? Living with slave driving dad and not much nookie around at 18. To be fair dad paid $ 5 an hour chopping up ranches into lots. $ 2.65 minimum wage when back in Cali then took a job busting truck tires and weighing trucks as a Deputy Weighmaster for $ 3.50. Owner couldn't believe I quit to take a Ventura County job as a trainee at $ 4.26 in '79.
Dad died in late '79 and the Stepmother kept the cabin. I quit the County in '85 making $11 hour and moved up to the vacant cabin. Went to work in Boise 60 miles from home for $ 6.50 and old Clyde paid once a month. He did have some out of town work so did get to work in some great country and a couple of nasty projects.
In late October working in Boise wet sleet and wind the chief asks at 11 if we wanted to work in this **** or go home. I voted for calling it at 4 hours. That's $ 26 for the day before taxes, paid at end of month, gas was a $ 12-15 and beer at The Joint in Crouch was a $ 1.
Luckily I had some money in bank as I moved south for the winter to survive. Moved back up spring of '86 and clown I found work with in Boise working out of his house paid $ 7 and my helper $ 4. His boy didn't like working for him as he'd rather go ride his dirt bike and I never met him. I'd bought a POS Cvcc to commute and naturally it broke down luckily near home. The clown couldn't even make payroll for the less than $ 200 he owed. I picked up that check a month later leaving town catching a ride to SoCal with a dude that was building a cabin north of Crouch that built sets in the film industry.
I talked to old County boss and he gave me a couple of names. Three days later I'm working for $ 13 hourly, moved in with a gal I met that last winter paying her $ 100 a month and riding a new bicycle 13 miles a day round trip. Ernie the owner loaned me the money to join the IUOE and as I got in under the 48 hour clause the journeyman chainman pay was $ 18.65 in '86. Two months later I had $3,000 down for a used truck. Ernie later was one of the four professionals that signed for me to test to be Licensed despite a less than perfect separation years earlier.
I had a good run and managed to raise a family dealing with SoCal BS. Looking at the development that has happened to Idaho the last 40 years is tough as Sandpoint, Cour de Lane, McCall, Boise etc. were crowded enough for me way back when. My cousin had married a local ( Charlie-RIP ) in Garden Valley who was shot with a 30-06 while hunting elk with a bow. Charlie survived but was never the same and they struggled but raised 3 great kids.
The Youren family donated land near Crouch for a new cemetery that Dad Surveyed/Mapped/Legal etc. He was the 2nd one planted there and I've been back a few times.
I've got one more trip to make as I want to put a bigger grave marker for the old man before I or my older sisters pass.
