Brings back memories. My son and I backpacked for two weeks in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Northern New Mexico back in the summer of 2001.
Brings back memories. My son and I backpacked for two weeks in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Northern New Mexico back in the summer of 2001.
I was there in 2010 and there had been so many acres burned in forest fires that it wasn't even pleasant to be there. Then the next year was the Los Alamos fire. I bet it has all grown back and is beautiful now!
We could see smoke from near Taos when we were on top of some of the mountains. I guess it’s an unfortunate but frequent occurrence out there.
You are probably right it is not a pretty sight to see immediately afterwards, but I'm sure by the next year it has already started to recover.