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My husband's brothers and sisters descended on the Camp Sherman house over Labor Day, partly for one last party out there and partly to help my in-laws redistribute their stuff. I expected it to be difficult for me, emotionally, so I talked my dad into giving me an excuse to escape spending a few hours on Sunday walking up Black Crater.

Every year he and I hike something. Last year we tried to go up Black Crater but were blocked by snow; this year we made it to the top. (And got lapped by a man about my age who was running the thing. Dang. It's four miles up, four miles down.)

I think this view looks toward the Pole Creek Fire*, which started this Sunday (seven days after I hiked) and has burned 2000 acres so far. It's 0% contained.

*Updated: After looking at the map a bit longer, I think the fire is further south -- closer to South Sister -- or, to put it another way, cropped from the right side of this photo.