We spent Thanksgiving at Forked Meadow this year. Sunny came along with us as well. Things are getting cold here. There’s ice in the creek in the meadow.
Thanksgiving at Forked Meadow
The First Atmospheric River of the Year at Forked Meadow
The first big atmospheric river of the year hit Forked Meadow over October 24-25. We got about six inches of precipitation throughout the storm which helped to start recharging our greatly depleted water table after the severe drought this past water year. So here are a ton of photos of the entire atmospheric river from start to finish over the course of several days!
I walked around the meadows before the storm rolled in checking out the fall colors.
The garage is finished and we tucked away the equipment inside before the rain picked up. But then it really started dumping.
Toward the end of the storm it started to snow. We ended up with several inches of heavy, wet snow on top of the rain. The meadows and forest got a proper soaking and the creek started flowing again after more than two months with no water.
The meadows are gorgeous with a fresh coat of snow!
Another beautiful day after the atmospheric river has passed.
A curious bear got into the wellhouse looking for somewhere to hibernate during the atmospheric river He took a couple claw swipes at the insulation cover over the pressure tank before he left looking for somewhere better.
We did some pile burning now that burn season is on and everything is thoroughly soaked.
Mid October at Forked Meadow
I spent a few days up at Forked Meadow in mid October. The leaves are starting to change color and we got our first good dusting of snow.
Here comes a dusting of snow! This might be the first snow of the year. I’m not sure if my parents had any earlier when I wasn’t here.
Everything is damp and wonderful and it feels like magical fall!
Doing some work to get a pile ready to burn later this fall. This is in preparation for the underburn that we’ll be doing next year. We did manage to jump a track on the bobcat and had to reinstall it in the forest. That track is HEAVY.
Down at Camp El-O-Win checking out the fall colors.
