So if you're looking at the national news you may be aware that because we've had no measurable precipitation in the Southwest since January and as a result large parts of it are burning up. As a result we here in Albuquerque are having days where the smoke rolling in from 250 miles away from a the fire in Arizona blotting out our view of the mountain.
As a result the National Forest Service is closing our mountain to reduce the chances of some idiot setting it on fire. Of course because of bureaucratic reasons only known by the bureaucracy, they made this announcement last Thursday. So we had one more weekend to indulge. My buddy John who I went hiking with commented if it was so dangerous why didn't they just close it immediately?
Anyway we did a 9 mile hike to one of my favorite look out points and greatly appreciated it. Hopefully the the monsoon rains come soon.
4 comments:
boo, here is hoping some rain comes your way soon! I guess disorganized action is still better than no action taken to protect the forests?
Glad you were able to get one more hike in. If I knew how, I'd send you some of the plentiful rains we've been having!
The smoke is probably going to drive the bears down the mountain into your back yard. There will be nowhere to run!!!
Wishing you much moisture. What a bummer. Kinda dumb that they only close the mountain. As your friend said, you'd think if it was that "dangerous," they'd close everything. Hope your hiking can resume soon!
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