Forest Fires and Animals

We left Jasper and headed to Edmonton to visit Dave's sister Edith and her husband Dave for a few days of rest (sorry we ignored the blog for a while but we did get both bikes successfully serviced).  Along the way we saw a "prescribed" wild fire on the side of the mountain.  Essentially they light a fire low on the mountain and then let it burn itself out at the top.  It looked bad to us, the flames were 30 feet high; a helicopter was flying around the circumference.  The plume looked like a mushroom cloud!
With all the smoke and ash in the air (and on our bikes!) the animals decided to seek safer pastures.