This week I took a trip through time. I camped in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains, and visited a botanical area that I hadn’t seen in many years. The surrounding forest was ravaged by the Dixie fire in 2021, and this was the first time I saw the damage in person. The ecosystem is recovering, but altered. There are still many standing dead trees, although a lot of cleanup work has been accomplished. The boardwalk across the peat bog has been rebuilt. The Pitcher plants are few but still there. Nature can accomplish a lot in only a few years!