Hiking toward the Four Peaks Kadizzle sat down to lunch with the rest of the crew when Ken said look a coatimundi. To everyone's amazement there it was at the bottom of an old burnt out tree. It looked like a racoon with a two foot long monkey tail. This is only the second coatimundi Kadizzle has ever seen in his 71 years and thousands of miles hiking. Kadizzle could not get to his phone camera quick enough. Rita did manage to get a poor picture. The animal was fairly close and was curious about as as we were about him. After a short time he took off into the wild.
It has been many years since Kadizzle got to the base of the Four Peaks. It was a spectacular hike where you could see for a hundred miles in every direction. Earlier in the hike Kadizzle got a glimpse of something Winky scared up. It might have been a mountain lion. It did not run like a deer, and was a big animal. This has happened before you just don't get a clear view.
The burned areas on the mountain are reminiscent of those battlefield scenes you see from World War one when an area was shelled mercilessly. The fires last summer were huge. What is interesting is how the fires did not burn everything. A hundred acres is burnt here, and another area right beside it is still green. The fire seems to have skipped and burned. Seeing the raw ground is a new experience and old trails, and Indian ruins are easier to spot. Kadizzle rode the motorcycle up into and area that was burnt about two years ago. It is amazing how quickly it recovers. Rain will be a disastor. With nothing to hold the water flash floods and washouts will be immense.
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