we left friday noon, dog not doing well with other dog, californina border maybe closed/on fire......best drive on 59 out of eugene...scale of 1-10, a 100....no semis, no rvs...and once on US 97 not a single vehicle in front of us.....the west is burning, towns that had semi truck deleivers....gone....campsites gone....and air is horrible. k-falls
saturday travel thru remains of californina fire and US 395 most beauty scenery.....all gone....susanville is evac city, no hotels, but ahead of schudele so plunge thru smoke to Hawhtrone and stay in a curry Motel 6. four blocks in the city loose power, can't open windows because of smoke, power on at 9
sunday wake up real early....smoke has become fog, can't see to pass vehicles....but few vehices anyhow...Once we reach 6,000 feet in the desert, smoke is gone....temps are cold as we head into vegas..push all the way for 12 hour drive into cold yuma....thank goodness...becaus today it is 114....feels like 120. heat cooked our pool cover...storms tore it apart....pool looks like tea.....rain on monday....lower pump into pool to drain and as it drains mop off the scum
all three AC units are working great in our white trash trailer. naturally, there is no cold water.
but all our plants survied the heat...yard grew 3x times in size and our gardner loves peaches....but wife and dog are never returning back to oregon....I have permissin to take the tiny focus in May.