A visit to the High Park Fire burn area

 

We got invited up to some peoples cabin this weekend that they had built by hand.  It was located up Rist Canyon down Old Flowers Road.  We hadn't been in this area since the big fire this summer so it was interesting to see how the flames moved and left some areas virtually untouched.  Luckily, their cabin was slurried otherwise it would no longer be here.  

 

We took a nice walk through the surrounding meadow (recovered) and the burnt forest area (this will take a long time to recover).  The trees were blistered and spotted and cast cool shadows on the forest floor.

 

The jeep even got to do some 'real' jeep work.  The picture doesn't look like much but the kid's were having a blast in the back seat!