This summer was long and hot, no rain for months and bad fires, although none immediately near us in the N Idaho Panhandle. There is one going up in Bayview, Lake Pend Oreille (Pronounced "Pond er ray") and now this afternoon are BIG black rain clouds. Sposed to really rain tonight/ this weekend.
I remember the summer of 67---last summer before I joined the navy. I graduated HS in spring of 66.
Summer of 67...I had my car, a 57 Chev all torn apart reworking the engine, and it was a long hot summer........didn't rain for just about exactly 3 months. We got the 57 together--except for the mufflers---either on a Fri or Sat night, and it clouded up in the evening and POURED. Water running over the curbs. We went downtown and "dragged the gut" thinking the cops would not stop us with no mufflers in the pouring rain. I don't know whether that was true, but we did not get stopped
I was working for the local PD "graveyard radio operator" and rode a Honda 50? 55? to work all summer.
Also that year was BAD forest fires. "The Sundance Fire" Look it up
The Sundance Fire in the Selkirk Mountains - Sandpoint and North Idaho History Guide
Sundance Fire 50th anniversary commemorated
In 1967, the lightning-caused Sundance Fire erupted into a firestorm six miles wide that burned for 25 miles and charred 55,910 acres east of Priest Lake.
“It was and still is considered a benchmark fire as it made a 16-mile run in nine hours in heavy timber,” Idaho Panhandle National Forest officials say in a release. “It is one of the hottest, fastest, and most destructive in U.S. firefighting history. The fire and its behavior are still being studied today.”
The fire blew up unexpectedly on Sundance Mountain and – spurred by 60 mph winds – raced over the Selkirk Crest and overtook two firefighters. Luther Rodarte and Lee Collins lost their lives on Sept. 1, 1967, as they constructed a dozer line near Fault Lake.
Meanwhile, the Trapper Peak fire was ramping up northwest of Bonners Ferry, eventually burning 16,600 acres toward Canada before being brought under control after 31 days by firefighters and U.S. Army troops.
“By Day 23, U.S. Forest Service officials had placed 2,200 firefighters on the lines,” wrote Hal Anderson in an Forest Service research paper published in 1968. “It estimated 100 bulldozers were ploughing through the rampaging fire. The U.S. Army provided 50 planes, 22 helicopters,
52 trucks, pickups, ambulances, water trailers and kitchen units.”
The Sundance Mt lookout. I don't know whether my Gramps built or maintained this one or not. He built or remodeled many "up here" in the N end of Idaho
The Sundance Fire was brought under control after 18 days.
Two men were killed, one a dozer operator
I remember the summer of 67---last summer before I joined the navy. I graduated HS in spring of 66.
Summer of 67...I had my car, a 57 Chev all torn apart reworking the engine, and it was a long hot summer........didn't rain for just about exactly 3 months. We got the 57 together--except for the mufflers---either on a Fri or Sat night, and it clouded up in the evening and POURED. Water running over the curbs. We went downtown and "dragged the gut" thinking the cops would not stop us with no mufflers in the pouring rain. I don't know whether that was true, but we did not get stopped
I was working for the local PD "graveyard radio operator" and rode a Honda 50? 55? to work all summer.
Also that year was BAD forest fires. "The Sundance Fire" Look it up
The Sundance Fire in the Selkirk Mountains - Sandpoint and North Idaho History Guide
Sundance Fire 50th anniversary commemorated
In 1967, the lightning-caused Sundance Fire erupted into a firestorm six miles wide that burned for 25 miles and charred 55,910 acres east of Priest Lake.
“It was and still is considered a benchmark fire as it made a 16-mile run in nine hours in heavy timber,” Idaho Panhandle National Forest officials say in a release. “It is one of the hottest, fastest, and most destructive in U.S. firefighting history. The fire and its behavior are still being studied today.”
The fire blew up unexpectedly on Sundance Mountain and – spurred by 60 mph winds – raced over the Selkirk Crest and overtook two firefighters. Luther Rodarte and Lee Collins lost their lives on Sept. 1, 1967, as they constructed a dozer line near Fault Lake.
Meanwhile, the Trapper Peak fire was ramping up northwest of Bonners Ferry, eventually burning 16,600 acres toward Canada before being brought under control after 31 days by firefighters and U.S. Army troops.
“By Day 23, U.S. Forest Service officials had placed 2,200 firefighters on the lines,” wrote Hal Anderson in an Forest Service research paper published in 1968. “It estimated 100 bulldozers were ploughing through the rampaging fire. The U.S. Army provided 50 planes, 22 helicopters,
52 trucks, pickups, ambulances, water trailers and kitchen units.”
The Sundance Mt lookout. I don't know whether my Gramps built or maintained this one or not. He built or remodeled many "up here" in the N end of Idaho
The Sundance Fire was brought under control after 18 days.
Two men were killed, one a dozer operator
. Hot summer in a lot of ways. Funny how things come around. I still like pizza. 
