My father, Bob Robertson, 12/18/28 — 11/12/95. Canyon Road and Hamilton Mesa, Santa Fe and Pecos Wilderness, 1970s. Dad, stepmother Pat and Mus heading down the Rito Valdez to Mora Flats. He got to relax a little after newspapering and the Peace Corps, before family care reeled him back again.
Dear Dad, I’m sure it’s raining on the east side of the Pecos today. That’s good because I’m afraid the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak fire has burned all the way west to Hamilton Mesa or at least to Iron Gate. I guess it’s also burned over where we left your ashes with Pat’s near the Mora …
Can’t say my thoughts eased with the Forest Service nightly briefing Sunday on the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak fire. I hope we do not have to remember this as the fire that burned from Pecos to Taos. The 40-day-old fire is near 300,000 acres and stretches 45 miles south to north through the Sangre de Cristo …
NOTE TO READERS: THIS POST IS FROM FIRE SEASON 2021. With Beatty’s Cabin unfortunately in the news — threatened this June 2021 by the Rincon Fire on the east side of the Pecos Wilderness — I went to the bookshelf for my prized first edition of this Pecos classic. Here is a fine (linked) profile …
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