"..............you have not known what force resides in mindless things until you have known a desert wind" Mary Austin
I think that quote and the following pictures say it all.
How pretty the trees were and the total difference in vegetation! It's windy up there too but the dust hadn't made it that far - yet.
As we descended the clouds did so too until we reached 4500 ft.
I think that quote and the following pictures say it all.
The storm that saturated southern California blew in and in no time the dust obscured everything. The rain didn't follow for a few hours.
Because the valley air was brown with desert dust we headed for the mountains and Pioneer Pass.
How pretty the trees were and the total difference in vegetation! It's windy up there too but the dust hadn't made it that far - yet.
The fire couldn't have been too long ago as nothing has come back except mesquite from the roots of the burned stock.
The clouds descended quickly at 6300 ft elevation.
Then the sleet started.
At this point they hovered just above us.
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