Up In Smoke

Maybe Cheech and Chong were in the area. More on that in a bit.

Got out for my hike. Weather had been cool, but got nicer today. But it hasn't rained, and the wind was blowing directly from the direction of the fires. So expected some smoke.

Got started, wasn't bad at all. But could see some very thick smoke obscuring horizon to the west. Situation the same as last week - dull muted greens and yellows, with many leaves already gone.

Did find a few colors here and there. This orange-ish tree was about the best I could find all day.

A nice little sort of lean-to shelter of tree branches built by someone over time.

Another three shot pano of a pond. Just like last week.

A pair of deer. Saw two different small groups of deer today. No mooses, elks or other critters unfortunately. Sometimes you see them, sometimes you don't.

As the day went on, the wind changed more to the wrong direction. Though it was harder to see when you're down in the trees, when you come out on a high spot wow was it getting smoky!

Sky a mix of some clouds and a lot of fire smoke. The farther away you could see, the more yellowish and lost in the smoke everything became. And it was really smelling like a campfire.

The sun turned orange/red depending on how much smoke there was. By late afternoon, it was almost orange light. Felt like maybe I was walking on Mars! Perhaps the sky was colorful to make up for the lack of color on the ground? Headed home and washed the smoke out!