I live in Palm Desert, CA which is one of several cities in the greater Palm Springs area. The nearby Idyllwild fire has been apocalyptic. The smoke and ash have blanketed us all week. I'm posting pictures below this post's treasure trail specimen.
The entire country is sweltering, not just hot Palm Springs. Today, all mainland states but one had temperatures in excess of 99 degrees, according to Diane Sawyer on ABC News tonight.
This photo and the quenching possibilities that it offers in every way is my offering to the gods for a bit of respite. May this photo put out the fires here in my community, the temps in your community.
One night with this dude would be enough for the rest of my lifetime. This is truly a beautiful study of the glory of manhood, from my myopic perspective.
One night with this dude would be enough for the rest of my lifetime. This is truly a beautiful study of the glory of manhood, from my myopic perspective.
Stay cool, ladies and gentleman. Usually, here in the desert were just on fire (temperatures). Today, we're on Fire (temps and literally).
Idyllwild, which is now threatened by the fire here, is a lovely mountain town. You should all google it. It's one of my favorite places on earth, because it usually is the place that we can flee the hell of the desert in the summer for a bit of respite, via a Monegasque winding mountain road it takes about 45 minutes from where I live. Of course, that is a two lane road up the side of a mountain. You can go from desert to mountain environment very simply. That is one of the very few remaining virtues of living here in California.
Let's hope Idyllwild makes it through this fire. See photos from Palm Desert yesterday looking west towards Palm Springs. They are below.
Let's hope Idyllwild makes it through this fire. See photos from Palm Desert yesterday looking west towards Palm Springs. They are below.
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| The sun, with the gauze of smoke. At approx. 2pm yesterday in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area) |
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| Looking toward Palms Springs, eastward, at the smoke in the sky. |
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| Heading east yesterday at 2:00 PM on Dinah Shore from Palm Desert to Palm Springs |
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| Looking south toward Indian/Andreas Canyons. |
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| A photo of skies above Palm Springs yesterday at the worst places where the smoke was blowing. |
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| The accumulation of ash, twigs, on top of my car after a short stop. |
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| The sun, through the smoke/ash, taken at 2PM 7/18 |
The sunset last night. Mount San Jacinto is in the background. This was taken from the campus of College of the Desert in Palm Desert. The fires are over the ridge of the mountains.
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I'm on a local volunteer fire department, and I can remember many days just like these pictures in 2011, especially from the Wildcat fire. For nearly three weeks the skies around Robert Lee looked like these photos. I hope they get this fire contained soon.
ReplyDeletetxtigerpup....thank you for your thoughtful comment. As of today I think the fire is about 70-80% contained. Fortunately, they had some rain on the mountain this weekend (where beautiful Idylwild is) and that put the fire out for now. We were lucky that it was only for a week and that Idylwild (and other lovely mountainous communities were spared). Three weeks sounds exhausting. Thanks for commenting and participating here. Mark/The Treasure Trail Hunter
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