Fire in Wawona

balzaccom
Jul 9, 2022
1 min read

As if all the road work and new travel restrictions/reservation policies in Yosemite weren't enough, there is a nasty fire down in Wawona.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/1110659406/sequoias-yosemite-california-wildfire

Cal-Fire is throwing a lot of resources at it, and we can only hope that they are successful. Giant Sequoias don't grow on trees....

What it looked like in happier times.

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