Bridge Creek Fire

I can't talk about this yet. It still hurts a very very great deal. I grew up playing in this exact spot. This was my grandparents & greatgrandparents ranch. Pape brothers own it now, but my memories are here. My childhood was here. My fathers childhood was here. I learned to ride, I learned to fish, I learned to cook, I road on a horse drawn sleigh and explored native American caves here. I learned that nettles sting, that fish tickle your toes and that spring water coming straight up out of the top of mountain is the coldest water you'll ever dip your toes in. I learned it all right here.

We as a family still own land on top of the mountain, the cabins escaped the fire, but the land is scorched. Pisgah will take a lot of years to recover. A lot of years.

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