Not the typical peaceful view this morning. The empty land across the river from our house is privately owned and the site of an old lumber mill.
The property isn't posted, so locals are accustomed to using it for dog walking, biking and such. In recent years, there's been occasional illegal camping and other questionable stuff going on over there, like drug dealing and car racing. Yes, even in this small town.
For the last few days, they've been bull-dozing all the scrubby trees and vegetation off the property. This morning, they're burning the big piles of brush. Something about fire, intentional or not, gets your attention fast at 6 am.
That land is in Twisp city limits, so it's quite valuable for development purposes. It looks like a project might finally be in works. There's a lack of housing in the valley, so this is inevitable and not a bad thing, but from my selfish point of view, it will be a big adjustment looking across the river at lights and houses instead of open land.
A busy day shaping up-- time to close the laptop and get cracking.
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