7:55 am. Went up to picnic area 7 in city creek canyon and back home. Nice and cool this morning, with the air spicy sweet after last night's thunderstorms!
The fire authority started clear cutting up in city creek canyon this morning. They want to cut a 100 foot wide fire break all along the road on the northwest side, and remove all canopy from overhanging the road. A lot of people (including me) squawked about their plans last year, so they delayed it a year and are now doing 3 "test" sections that people can comment on. They (the authoritys) say they want a fire break to protect any people up in the canyon in case a fire breaks out. But, they don't seem to realize people go up into city creek canyon to get into the cool shade, and if they remove the cool shade, it will really detract from the niceness! Go figure - it is a political thing I'm sure. "they paved paradise, and put up a parking lot . . . put all the trees in a tree museum and charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them . . . don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got, 'till it's gone . . . "
Sad day for sure. | 
