Their new reality is defined by cramped bunks and hauling water from a relative’s house to replenish the RV’s single shower.
This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is republished with permission. The rubble around them is a constant reminder of their loss. Classes, school supplies, band - the sisters’ favorite - all seem insignificant now, as they gather on the front steps of the RV. “The only thing we want is to be able to get a house,” says Justina, known to her sisters as Jayjay. For them and countless others, catastrophe overshadows their return to learning. The summer has been unspeakable for Daniel and Lori Ann Encinias’ three youngest daughters, who, in the coming days, are slated to return to school: Amanda, 18, at Luna Community College, and Justina, 16, and Jaylene, 15, at Robertson High School.
Since then, the family of five, their four dogs and eight cats have lived in a 38-foot RV. On April 22, the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon blaze consumed almost everything around them, including their five-bedroom house, private well and most all worldly possessions. TIERRA MONTE - Ever since the start of the monsoon season, a torrent of boulders and debris has tumbled down the mountainside toward the Encinias family home, only months after the land was laid bare by fire. Daniel Encinias sits in the bucket of a front-end loader on his property.
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