Hadn’t heard that about Horseshoe Bay but they have the money to do it. Packsaddle and the other hills are nothing but dead cedar. Many think it’s fall color and say it’s pretty. Uh, helloooo! NOT! It’s all dead trees. I’ve noticed it especially on the west sides of the hills which I’m assuming is from the heat of the afternoon sun. Looking out the window I can see that many trees have already lost the dead leaves and are nothing but bare branches.
Yeah, the rains missed us - AGAIN. It’s still a tinderbox and will be for the next couple years even with rain. Still bans on outdoor fires, even household trash. There’s been wind advisories the past couple weeks, too. Fine by me because I can just see this place going up like Bastrop. There’s only one road out of here and it’d be directly into the fire, so we’d for real be up the creek. Twice in the past 2-3 weeks our idiot neighors had their outdoor fireplace going. Mr. B went down there and hollered at them and we WILL report them next time. Ugh, can’t stand weekenders. Next, we’ll have to worry about the deer hunters, sigh...
I had a DR appt last Monday and we noticed an area north of RM 620 near US 183 that has a bunch of dead cedar trees. The oaks are stressed, and some have oak wilt. Most of that area is undeveloped for now. If it ever catches on fire, it will go up just like the Bastrop area did. There is so much dead wood and cedar there.
We also noticed the fall colors are not what we thought. My wife made a comment about that on Monday. If the trees lose their leaves, they will come back. If the leaves stay on the limbs during the fall, they are dead. I can’t believe anyone is using a fireplace. It’s not that cold.