Y'all have been bringing the top tier pictures lately!

Skyrim

Love camping the coast

Great place to squatch hunt.

And a whole lotta dirtbag vanlifer rock climbers camping out near all the climbing routes.

I haven't seen many good overview photos of the area after the fire, but this small set gives some idea how it looks from a broader perspective.

https://twitter.com/KCSOAirsupport/status/1590848792668299265

As far as I know, most of the higher elevation trees in the burn area were killed, but a lot of the lower elevation trees likely survived.

The tallest peak in the middle of the first photo is Baring Mountain. It's a good point of reference on the burn severity map here:

https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/BoltCreek_SoilBurnSeverity_Public_8x11_land.pdf?VersionId=lXlc.KbasSDVqBMS6LIfmb2g_q8M0KY0

Where's amgirl

I love Amboy.

Fair, though if you think Inslee (currently 71) is too old to run in 2024, 80-year old President Biden running in 2024 must be a horrifying prospect lol.

If he wants to I’d vote for him. He saw us through a pandemic. It wasn’t pretty at times but what state was? There was a lot of states I’d really wouldn’t have wanted to be in the last three years. I feel like WA has its head on straight and I think he’s done is part to help that. Now if he said No and would like a rest I’m ok with that too. He’s had a hard last few years and if he wanted to sit down and put his feet up I think he’s earned it.

Not as royal as Sultan.

And I’ve seen people not in the backcountry have fires during burn bans. This just solidifies my point of paying attention to burn bans (including ones in wilderness regulations) and not spouting nonsense about arbitrarily telling people where to have fires based on your anecdotes.

You must be from upriver.

Right, that’s the GOP’s biggest problem right now — to get the nomination you have to be extra-whack job, but you can’t unsay the nutty shit for the general.

Awesome picture

Yoooo! I grew up in Yacolt. The area is great, the people though....

This looks like it was a high intensity fire in this area, so I would guess a lot of them are probably dead.

Who would want to leave Washington for DC?

Speaking of the Sand Bar, I miss Index Cafe! I've never eaten at the Sand Bar, but I did love chicken fried steak & eggs at Index Cafe.

Yes I know, but do we really need to start talking about an election now, that is still two years out?

Personally I actually enjoy talking about politics, but there were just so many political ads this past election, mentally I'd just like a break before we all start talking about the next one.

I saw people burning fires in the alpine while backpacking.

I think he is old enough that he should not. I have appreciated most of what he does though I think some stuff like banning gas cars goes too far. Need a moderate from either party.

Not for Washington Governor it didnt. That was two years ago.

The only republican alternatives aren't alternatives at all. Inslee had an incredibly difficult job trying to slow the spread of covid-19, and that job was made worse by Reich-wing extremists. If he runs, I'll vote for him. If he doesn't, I'll vote my conscience, which these days means I'm voting against fascism