New fire, too close for comfort

[B_and_D]

On Wednesday, we drove the TM up to Dinkey Creek, a campground kind of south of Yosemite, and the air quality was awful from Santa Clara County through the central valley. We got home today, and now it's bad here (Santa Cruz County), too. From what limited news I've heard, the Governator asked the President to declare a state of emergency for the whole state. The local news said that the onshore winds should push the smoke out of here in starting in the next couple of days, but that just means more smoke for the rest of the state.

We were going to drive down to King's Canyon for a day trip, but with the smoke being so bad, we thought we'd save the views for a better day.

Today the sky in Marin (where I work) is quite blue, but the smell of smoke is still in the air. Same in Petaluma. My dad lives in Carmel and has soot falling in his yard.
A co worker just came home from Ashland Oregon and said it was smokey all the way up. Redding was the clearest spot (hard to believe).
Glad to hear your home escaped harm.
It's going to be a long summer.

Cheri