Heather Vescent

Malibu Mudslide Photos!

January 11, 2005 · LA Living

Yes, oh yes. We finally got a clear day. The first day of sun in ... how long? A week? Ah and the gorgeous sun. I almost put the top down on the drive in. Where were all the people? Roads were closed and yet, not a soul on the road. I was prepared for a long haul again this morning. But I was met with smooth sailing. I brought my camera along to take some photos. None of these photos are that great as I took them while driving to work this morning between 8:30 and 9. But it gives you some of the experience. Malibu Canyon is still closed. (I wasn't one of the folks to drive around the barrier). I tried to get up to Topanga to see that huge rock but failed in my CHP bribing.

You may find it interesting to check out both my commute photo album along with the Malibu Mudslides one.

I'm not turned off by this at all. I think it's exciting. If anything closed roads, lanes, the earth itself unstable increased my exhilaration to live. I think it's AWEsome in the true meaning of the word. These mudslides inspire AWE in me. I do not think that I will escape. I do not dance the dangling meat to the tiger. I am in awe at the tiger. Just as I am in awe with nature in all it's incarnations. We are alive. Let's not be tame. Let's live in awe of this world. That's by the seat of your pants!