dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

19/22
06006-rising-manzanita-point-road-800px.jpg Rising up Manzanita Point Road toward Park Headquarters. A small low-flying airplane passes overhead.ThumbnailsI reach a flat area on Manzanita Point Road and see smoke not far away; looks like a brush fire in Henry Coe State Park.Rising up Manzanita Point Road toward Park Headquarters. A small low-flying airplane passes overhead.ThumbnailsI reach a flat area on Manzanita Point Road and see smoke not far away; looks like a brush fire in Henry Coe State Park.Rising up Manzanita Point Road toward Park Headquarters. A small low-flying airplane passes overhead.ThumbnailsI reach a flat area on Manzanita Point Road and see smoke not far away; looks like a brush fire in Henry Coe State Park.Rising up Manzanita Point Road toward Park Headquarters. A small low-flying airplane passes overhead.ThumbnailsI reach a flat area on Manzanita Point Road and see smoke not far away; looks like a brush fire in Henry Coe State Park.Rising up Manzanita Point Road toward Park Headquarters. A small low-flying airplane passes overhead.ThumbnailsI reach a flat area on Manzanita Point Road and see smoke not far away; looks like a brush fire in Henry Coe State Park.

While paused here, I hear a crackling sound. I look around, and see the huge limb of an old oak tree across the meadow snapping and crashing to the ground, with no one around to witness it.

Another small airplane flies overhead. Perhaps there's some kind of military activity going on out in the Central Valley on the other side of the park?