So, yesterday I feel like I snuck out of the house... I went riding to Mt. Tam. I talked to no one. My only interaction was with the road, traffic, smokey air, touchless paying for gas w/ my phone as I had full protective gear. Felt like discovering a new country. ...
I would visit this area often as a child and teen, so to see the low visibility from ash and smoke, mixed with the marine layer was rather new. It didn't feel like those childhood memories, the majestic cannons that meet Muir Woods now obscured by smog. ...
It felt like we burned Endor. The acrid smokey air mixed with the lush backdrop of overgrown evergreen forests. COVID lockdowns, and rains have really made the entire area extra lush. Under the ashy-smokey air, you could feel the forests breathing.
For Sept, I was surprised to see the forests weren't dried out. Usually, summer dries out much of the vegetation.
Between the smoggy backdrop, there's hope there.
We have to be brave enough to seize it.
(google Mt. Tamalpais East Peak, West Peak, and Mountain Home Inn for normal images.)
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