April 22:
We burned the second of three slash piles created by construction of the
driveway.
The first burn is pictured
in our November report.
There is still a bit of snow left
(note the drift in the far background of the upper left quadrant).
We stood by with a backpack sprayer,
a fire extinguisher and buckets of water taken from Place Creek
(visible in the brush at the bottom of the gully)
in case the fire spread.
We started the fire in the dew of the morning at 8am.
The temperature climbed to 75°F by afternoon;
we finally left the glowing ashes at midnight,
when it started to snow.
Here
is the scene at 9am the next day.
The fire will probably continue to smolder for a week or two.
