Fire

Tim and I went hiking along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail off of Wasatch Boulevard in September (yes, it is now November) The leaves were just starting to change colors. I love that time of year, it is so pretty. We live by the mountains now so we have a great view. So anyway, I took the picture of a section of mountain that was so brightly colored, and then walking just around the bend it turned into...... Remember when Corner Canyon caught on fire. Well it was closer than I thought. Isn't it amazing what a fire can do? The mountain was actually still pretty in a different way, fascinating really. The trail continued just the same as before but looked like a bone carving through dirt, it reminded me of the Shadow Lands on The Lion King. So dark and lonely. I half expected to see tumbleweed blowing and a skull of a bull lying near the path. Weird.

I picked up some black dirt and it truly was ash. I didn't know dirt could turn into ash! It crumbled in my fingers. The branches were powdery to touch, and just left a dry taste to the air. I have never been so close to the remains of burn. It was all very interesting.

This is us climbing near the waterfall that separtated the lush green mountain from the black burnt mountain. The waterfall is little, but pretty. We tried to get it in the picture but you can only be so picky when you are using the ten second timer.