Well, it appears that on Friday morning (July 7th) at 0800, the Coconino 
National Forest below the rim will re-open. However, stage 1 fire 
restrictions remain in place (no campfires, etc). There has been some rain 
here in Sedona. That, along with higher humidities, has lowered the fire 
danger a bit... although it is still 'high'. So, it appears I will finally 
be able to get out and do some hiking again! Oak Creek Canyon remained 
mostly closed (you can drive thru it, but you cant stop) due to chances for 
mud/rock slides after heaving monsoon rains. The Brins Fire area will remain 
closed as well.

Well, the temperature right now at 11:30pm is 65 degrees! Beautiful! I was 
in Chandler this afternoon and hit a couple of caches and it was WAY HOT and 
HUMID! I felt like I was in Houston, TX. Well, ok.. maybe not THAT humid! :) 
But I definetly broke a serious sweat just finding two nearly drive by 
caches!  As I drove up here to Sedona, it was a very pleasant drive up with 
the cooler night time temps. Then, as I got nearer Sedona, I even rolled up 
the truck window a bit! It was cool out! High temp today was 86 degrees at 
noon and it was 81 degrees at 4pm. It cooled off a bit more than that as 
some rain moved thru the area. Flagstaff is at 54 degree right now! Jacket 
temps for me!!!!!!!!!

Scott
Team Ropingthewind