This time I made it to Indian Creek. It was another bark beetle reconnaissance mission. But, in contrast to the North Fork of North Creek, where we were last week, the beetles in Indian Creek were plentiful. Many of the ponderosa pines that survived the Twitchell Fire are now infested with Mountain Pine Beetle. Most of them will die. It's too bad. There are some nice looking trees in those stands.
Steve again made sure I had snowmobile transportation. In addition, he invited several other colleagues. It was a regular motor-head rendezvous out there. Fortunately, there were no creek crossings: I was able to keep the machine upright and on top of the snow. Am I getting better, or was it just luck?
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