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profdant139
Explorer II
Jul 20, 2018

Will summer in the Far West be smoky forever??

Before the bark beetle hit the West so powerfully, we would go on one or two boondocking trips per summer, mostly in the highest parts of the Sierra, mostly to escape the heat. This was in the 2005 t...
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pnichols
Explorer II
Jul 26, 2018
mrw8i wrote:
Didn't last long. High temperatures at high altitude in the Sierras melted it away during the summer.


... And hopefully that melted High Sierra snowpack will produce enough hydraulic water pressure to recharge the deep water channels feeding our Santa Cruz mountains.

I'm getting tired of our home's spring and well supplies dwindling down to practically nothing every fall. ;)

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