MCINTYRE GROVE

Continuing on the Bear Creek trail, hiking over a rise, I came to taller poles. I imagined pines, fir and cedar but couldn’t tell which was which. One trunk was much thicker than all of the others. High up, stubs of branches jutted out to the sides. It looked like the top was lopped off. I’d come to the McIntyre sequoia grove. Wisps of smoke wafted from the ground. Almost a year later, and the fire was still burning. Below are three photomontages in progress, that give a sense of what I experienced.