Work Up In Smoke

Several days of labor from this past summer has been eradicated by fire. If time was money, these piles of stumps and trees would represent a tidy sum, not to mention the cost of tools and equipment that was destroyed in the process of the timber clearing process. The pile of wood also represented a lot of fun, who could ever forget the Plumma surfing down the driveway while standing on a log towed by the snow plow. Good memories all.

Majority of the debris piles have now been burnt with the exception of the big pile that straddles Kroc Creek. This pile will have to wait until the "Kroc Pond Leeches" complete the spawning process and go back down the creek to layover the winter in Kroc Pond. On normal years, the spawning cycle and downstream migration is completed around Thanksgiving.

Mexican Drive is now clear for plowing and parking. The larger logs that are water soaked and would take about 5.5 years to burn were skidded to the end of the drive utilizing the faithful snowplow blade. Come spring and more hands, they can be loaded and hauled to the beach in order to shore up the critical habitat area on the high tide line.