07/22/2026
The smoke from the Evans Creek Fire has hung over this valley for a week. Yesterday afternoon it broke for a few hours, patches of blue between the haze, and by evening the air was clear enough to see the ridgeline again.
Then a little rain, and right as the sun dropped, a rainbow with a hint of a double. I got the drone up for a quick hyperlapse of it fading while the clouds moved across the sky.
The fire's still burning. Crews are still out there right now holding lines and running shifts. A rainbow doesn't change that.
But those few hours of clear air and color were a welcome break. Thank you to every firefighter, hotshot crew, and support person still out on Evans Creek. You're the reason this valley still has clean air to look forward to.