Sierra Nevada – Page 4 – Not Your Average Engineer

June 14, 2019December 13, 2021

Hoping for rain at Forked Meadow

Visiting Forked Meadow and hoping for some rain. These promising clouds often build in the direction of Florence Lake but rarely produce anything at Forked Meadow.

Poofy hanging out in the trailer waiting for her new house to be finished.

April 29, 2019December 12, 2021

Forked Meadow Spring

I went up to Forked Meadow to visit my parents and help with some work on the house and on the Bobcat skidsteer. There is still a lot of snow in the shade and the meadows were all full of running water. Spring is arriving at Forked Meadow and across the Sierra Nevada!

I can’t remember seeing this much water before in Forked Meadow. But then again, I’m normally not there in spring.

Full of water. The meadows are looking nice and healthy right now.

On the edge of the marshy part of the meadow.

The water is really flowing along. I think this year we will be constructing some artificial beaver dams to help with soil retention and meadow restoration.

There are some nice ponds this year. There was even a pair of ducks hanging out in one of the ponds. And I heard frogs croaking!

Some of the installed dams and some of the natural dams in the creek.

Snow was in the woods all over the place.

The head of the cut in the middle meadow has advanced a little more uphill. I think we are going to do some significant work in here this year to try and stabilize it more.

Our own personal “Grand Canyon” is starting to fill in thanks to all of the work we’ve done in the area. I think we’ll do more work this year to help it along more. Maybe in a few years, we’ll be able to get some beavers to give us a hand.

This meadow is really swampy right now. Snow is still hanging around in the shadows.

At the upper meadows.

Snow in the woods.

Daffodils by the house.

Who’s my favorite kitty sister? Poofy!

My dad got a new attachment for the skidsteer. It’s a nice grapple that will help with clearing brush on the property.

Forked meadow sure is beautiful.

January 14, 2018July 31, 2018

Forked Meadow in January

I headed up to Forked Meadow to check things out in the winter and take some time to sift through some work stuff. The best place to camp was on the deck of the shed.

No snow in the lower meadow. I expected snow but this winter hasn’t been good for snow at this elevation.

Mary’s Meadow didn’t have any snow in it, either.

There was a little snow in the meadow between the landing and the cabin.

Walking up one of the fire access roads.

Dawn on the lower meadow. It got pretty cold overnight.