Remember that big rain we had in August? I paid a visit to the small creek that had caused the road cave-in back then. I followed the creek downstream and was amazed at all the evidence of the flooding that were still scattered around the forest floor. The grass was flattened out in the flow direction. The rocks were bare (normally they’d be moss covered). The banks were eroded with big caves under some tree roots close to the water (just a matter of time before the roots give in and the trees fall). And the most telling evidence, the gravel and small rocks that used to be part of the road – they were scattered along the creek a couple of hundred meters down. I tried to imagine what it had looked like on that day… a roaring current, washing away everything in its path… now it was just a tiny creek. Never underestimate the power of nature, especially in these changing times.