Not all boondocking spots are beautiful – some are downright ugly. I use Google satellite view a lot to find potential boondocking spots and am often surprised at how humans leave patterns on the earth that can be seen for miles away in space. The forest in the image below has obviously been logged more than once but what are all of the lighter colored clearings? As it turns out they are not good clearings for boondocking but rather lumpy wastelands of woodchip piles and discarded branches. I think this may be an attempt to allow the wood to disintegrate as it would if the trees had died naturally but it sure isn’t pretty.
Even so this is a fine place to spend a night – easy to get to and fairly quiet except for highway noise from US 97. I can even make it look good by taking a photo from a different location and cropping out the debris. :-P
Forest 43.43123, -121.70709
Clear-cutting = ugly. Shame on us.
ReplyDeleteYes, and so destructive for everything that needs a mature or old growth forest to survive.
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