The fire ended by an act of nature: a monsoon storm came up from the Gulf of Mexico and dropped several inches of rain in just a few hours. That ended the monster but then came the flash floods...
My neighbor George sent me some photos, among which this one showing the creek:
He said the water came rushing down pushing dead trees, boulders and debris sounding like a freight train. This photo shows the creek lookin north, almost from the same vantage point:
This is almost the same shot but looking towards the rocks next to where the Airstream used to be:
This is looking south from the road/bridge. Notice how the creek bed is now higher than the road on both sides:
I've taken photos over time from a big rock up the creek. Here's what it looks like in the summer:
In the spring:
And after a flash flood:
This is taken from the creek bed looking north to the big rock. It used to be very quaint there with a narrow stream lined with river rocks, trees, brush and grasses.
Here's a little film I took from the rock, panning from south to north:
Jorgy and I went walking up the creek. At times up the way, it's almost a hundred feet wide. It's a strange landscape and I guess you could say a photographer's delight.
WARNING!!! Another side effect of the fire is that bears have come down the mountain so if you go walking about, be sure to carry a sound horn, pepper spray or a gun...
Anyway, we thankfully encountered no bears but Jorgy had a cute nose-to-nose with free-range cows. I think he wanted to play with one of the black calves thinking it was just a big doggie that looked a bit like himself. They observed each other for a while and then Jorgy started doing his play jump and the calf ran away. Come back and play with me!
On the way back, we were treated to a beautiful sunset. It looks like a promise there will be a lot of rain this winter...
