Forest fire from afar

Wednesday I had a fortunate chance encounter with an old guy at the Route 66 museum. I casually mentioned that I was thinking of going south to San Bernardino National Forest and Big Bear Lake, as it was supposed to be mighty purdy up there. He, however, informed me that there were forest fires in that area, and today I got a glimpse of the inferno raging up in those hills.

These two pics were taken just outside Yucca, north of Joshua Tree National Park.




And these two were taken from Keys' View inside the park.