Took a ride out towards the St. Mary's Wilderness fire that is not listed as 100% contained at this time and found that the fires progress was halted at the Rt. 56 boundry as shown above. Evidence of the fire is visible along a good part of 56 when headed up the mountain towards the Blue Ridge Parkway...
Fortunately the above photo shows the surrounding woods covered with fog and light rain instead of smoke like the prior days we have seen. We have had a pretty good soaking rain and this has helped with containing the fire.
Fire damage along Route 56 showing the exposed soil and why the Park Service is in the process of planting grasses in areas like this to help prevent erosion.
After touring the fire damage area I decided to take a hike on the White Rock Falls Trail down to check on the falls which is only about 2-1\2 miles from the St. Mary's fire. The Slacks Overlook parking area was fogged in and a constant rain. The ground was pretty wet and numerous puddles of water were in the trail and had to be avoided.
White Rock Falls was running pretty strong and looks good at this time. I visited this spot several months back when the rain was scarce but nature has a habit of healing itself and all looks well now...
1 comment:
Steve:
Enjoyed the good coverage of the fire on your blog. Hope to get down there soon and get some mud on my boots
KOOCH
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