The whole valley behind the house is obscured by smoke from forest fires. It is kind of crazy how often this happens and it is because logging does not occur as it did when I was growing up in Oregon. Because of that the snags and underbrush do not get cleaned up and thinning does not occur so there is just massive amounts of fuel ripe for these big fires. This is our second summer in this house and it happened last year, too. We hope someone comes to their senses and the forests get opened up again so this does not happen so much in the future. It would be good for the economy, too.