Smoke Signals

On April 15th, Jimmy and I did some Learning About Smoke Signals! And although we chose the new thing because it sounded silly, it was actually very interesting.

Though I had previously associated smoke signals with Native Americans, Wikipedia points out that lots of ancient people used them, in places like China and Australia, which makes total sense.



I also realized while reading that the awesome scene in lord of the rings where Pippin lights the pyre and the message of trouble is communicated over the mountains from Gondor is really just a system of amazing and inspiring smoke signals. (hard to say if the fire or smoke was more critical, but obviously you can't have one without the other!)