Fourteen years pass in the blink of an eye

Yesterday I was out strolling in the Devil's Gulch section of Samuel P. Taylor State Park. The old orchard (really just five trees) is still there, but I couldn't find any fruit this year. Back at home I looked through my old photos and realized the first time I hiked here was 1999. Mind blowing -- 14 years and yet the photos are so similar.

November 1999

October 2013