I went to Fort Collins, Colorado on Sunday, June 8 with a friend, who was the driver. The High Park Fire, which is near Fort Collins was visible, even from the highway. The fire is much worse now and has made National news. It has already claimed one life, destroyed a lot of homes, and displaced a large number of people from their homes. If you want to see updates on Twitter search #Highparkfire www.twitter.com

Here are my photos from Sunday afternoon, as we were headed south from Cheyenne, WY on I-25 South toward Fort Collins, Colo. The setting sun photos were taken in the evening as we were headed back on 1-25 North toward Cheyenne, WY. We passed a lot of Northern Colorado towns on our way home, which is where the Budweiser plant and ranch photos were taken.

All photos are taken by Karen Cotton, copyrighted and are not to be reprinted without permission.

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Here are links from the Denver Post, of Denver, Colo. which has the best coverage so far.

The Denver Post:

Their live blog: http://blogs.denverpost.com/weather/2012/06/09/high-park-fire-larimer-county-live-updates/1001/

Wildlife info about a wolf sanctuary: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20826839/wolves-removed-from-sanctuary-near-colo-wildfire

Air Quality: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20826955/air-quality-warning-issued-due-high-park-smoke

The Denver Post has this advice from FEMA on how to survive a wildfire: http://www.ready.gov/wildfires

Two other wildfires reported by the Denver Post and the Associated Press one is in Guernsey, WYhttp://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20826823/crews-battle-blaze-guernsey-state-park

The other is in New Mexico http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20826413/nm-governor-visit-ruidoso-wildfire-briefing