The idea for this page came when I was reading up on the winding down of this fall's Rim Fire. Officials expected the fire would be under control by Oct. 1. Which just so happened to be the park's birthday. It's the 123rd birthday -- not exactly the round number I usually hope for -- but hey, it's a peg. So I built a history of the park and broke out info on the rim fire. But just a few days before this ran, firefighters pushed back the date of their expected containment. D'oh! Writing around that was easy enough. But it weakened my angle quite a bit. Oct. 1, 2013.