The rain is causing subsidence and most of the hiking trails have rivulets of water coursing down them. In places, shoes sink into the mud. In other places, as one can see in the photo, the edges are eroding away. This is a chasm caused by a landslide some 15 to 20 years ago. The edge is once again being redefined by the elements. Large chunks of saturated soil have slipped downward. There is a trail that goes around the slide, but a big chunk of it has slipped away as well.
I think some of the kids would have walked right up to the edge if I had let them. Where is the survival instinct?
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