Just talked to some buddies, Bushnell is gone, Pine mountain gone, Edwards park gone, Boulder Mountain gone, Cyprus and Ord next. They are defensive at this point and allowing it to burn EVERYTHING on the East side of 87. It WILL reach Tonto basin- just a matter of where they want to make a stand. Fire was so hot it MELTED the guard rails on SR 87. I guy I know has been dozing fire breaks around Sunflower and rounding up cows. Saw all this first hand from his mule. If the fire gets to the north side of Ord I don't think they can stop it until the Verde river.
The big microwave tower on El Oso is burned already. The campsite where we have our winter shooting shindig is going to be the battleground to keep it out of the Greenbacks and Sierra Anchas.
