mgaedeke: We stopped by a Fire Station... seemingly, there used to be a (Silver?) Mine at that location (or it could all be a Hollywood setup, nobody knows in this city, right?) :) :)
mgaedeke: Looking uphill the divider between an area that has been scorched by the fire, and a streak of land which remained unaffected... I wonder why?...
mgaedeke: Not Burned Area, Burned Area
mgaedeke: What's left of a structure at the Fire/Ranger Station
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mgaedeke: First signs of life...
mgaedeke: Everything Charred
mgaedeke: Jackson making sure he's not walking away too far... :)
mgaedeke: Art in Destruction
mgaedeke: Nature telling us... "Bring it on!"... life is SLOWLY coming back... who knows how many decades it will take until we can see at least SOME resemblance of what we used to have right at our footsteps
mgaedeke: Jackson all Excited and Happy at the Fire/Ranger Station
mgaedeke: He discovered that one can also run for STICKS... not just balls... STICKS... STICKS... STICKS... :) His new obsession...
mgaedeke: More Abstract Nature Art
mgaedeke: In keeping with the tradition of Hollywood, I bet the forest landscape visuals will soon be used as a movie backdrop...
mgaedeke: THE PHOENIX
mgaedeke: Life after Destruction
mgaedeke: NatureART
mgaedeke: Sage starting to come back...
mgaedeke: More Sage
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mgaedeke: The swath of Land which remained unscorched...
mgaedeke: Snow, Ash, or Fire Retardant?
mgaedeke: Beauty
mgaedeke: More Beauty
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mgaedeke: "Palm Fern" seems to have come back the fastest...