You must be doing something right as it sounds like Divine intervention kept your family cabin from becoming a pile of ashes. Our family can empathize with your experience as here in NW Montana, we also had a difficult fire season. At one point we had three major fires burning to our north, east and south. Any change in the wind direction did nothing more than bring smoke from a different fire.

Fortunately, the nearest blaze was 7-8 miles away, but as you know, strong winds can move a fire that distance in a matter of hours. Our firefighters and a lot of help from the weather kept the fire from becoming a threat to our ‘cabin in the woods’.

Like you, my children are grown and two of my girls live out of state. One was visiting here during this smoky summer and she was uncomfortable that she could see and smell the smoke from a fire this close. I think she slept with a bucket of water by her bed

Anyway, thanks for sharing this marvelous story and keep building those beautiful homes.

Montana Tom