The Gila

Back from the Gila, a brief trip to the heart of the Miller Fire of 2011, downstream of 297,845 acres in the Whitewater Baldy complex of 2012. The sky was finally blue, rinsed by the rain of the night before. The first rain of the season. It was gentle and hard at the same time. It was building again as we drove home to Tucson.

Xochi was bitten by another dog really hard at the dog park on Thursday, hence the reason I am home. She is recovering but making me believe in resilience. She is a strong dog with a terrible wound on her side that had to be surgically repaired. The parallels at seeing the resilience in the headwaters of the Gila and seeing Xochi delicately hop for joy with stitches in her side, helps me believe in resilience.