Smoked fish?

The fall colors are nearing their peak and with a forecast of late day rains and possible snow we made a quick run to the hill areas near Dana Farm.  The dogs needed to stretch their legs and being that is an area of planted pheasants..Hazel's nose was all a 'twitter.' She swam through the head high grass bounding and porpoising in search of feathers.  All her and Oliver found was mud but the bright sun and even stiff breeze made a perfect morning autumn walk.  We wandered through the fish ladders along the lower Kewaunee River.  The large rainbows and maybe even some browns were making their way up the mocha water, churned from the continual rains.  They are slabs of muscle on their last swim up stream.  We swung by Fonfrek to see the new viewing platform and check out what a fall full of rains had done to the waterfalls too.  Almost home before noon, but a large plum of dark smoke skyline, sent us further south.  We could smell the acridness of the fire.  We found the scene of what was likely a planned burn of an old house.  The winds seemed pretty strong for such a plan but again, with all the rain of late, there is little fear of a stray cinder starting a blaze.