I've been going through pictures to select a few
which may be
helpful to anyone who aspires to visit some of the
more difficult
locations. Here are a couple of shots at
idmtwy. The first one
is the same as in the book but shows two of the
yellow Bearing
Tree signs. There is a circle of these around the
marker making
it much easier to know you are close long before
you see the
marker. The second shot is of Clark Hall when
we were having
a lunch break. Thes was up on the plateau and
you can clearly
see the devastation caused by the fire.
Remember this was late
July 1997, nine years after the fire. The fire
was so intense in this
area that the soil was completely burned or at
least sterilized
with no viable seeds left to regenerate.
Gradually grasses and
flowers are coming in by wind and birds but tree
seeds will take
much longer. Some of the areas in the west hit hardest by this
years fires may well look like this ten years from
now, especially
at the higher elevations.
More locations later
Jack