I was watching the news and learned that there is a wildfire at the Red River Gorge, in the exact same area where we camped. The fire is like 3 miles wide and already burned 100 acres. Sad news. It was started by a campfire and has closed Bison Way Trail, Sheltowee Trace, and Indian Staircase according to the news.
My wife and I were going there Sunday for a day hike so I could show her the IS and the rock house.
So much for LNT, huh?
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
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That's sad.
Maybe it needed a good burning though. Give it 10-20 years and we'll see.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
Total bummer, I knew I should have called in last weekend and went with HC and Doctari. I was going to go for an overnighter tonight, but guess that's a no go now. I'm sorry to hear such a pretty area is burning like that.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
that sucks, RRG is a nice place to go even though I don't get there enough
****!
So, any links to current reports? I can't find any & Cinti news hasn't deemed this disaster important enough to even mention it.
I hope the damage isn't as bad as I'm imagining it to be!
Doctari.
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PAIN is INEVITABLE. MISERY is OPTIONAL.
it seems that fire is usually a good thing in the long run, but boy, it sure can take a long time for the land to recover.
linville gorge, nc had a big fire in 2000 or 2001 & those areas are still pretty ugly.
i'm sure there are a lot of variables in how quickly an area will recover to the point of eye appeal.
I too will something make and joy in it's making
Yeah in forest terms, what is 20 or 30 years.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
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