Peter organized a weekend in Mammoth Lakes over the Nevada Day holiday a few months ago, and then the massive Creek Fire started just to the west of Mammoth. We watched for days as the AQI hovered between Very Unhealthy and off the chart extremely dangerous. Now and then the air quality would pop up into the Good range depending on which way the wind was blowing. We decided to take a chance on a favorable wind and drove to Mammoth on Thursday afternoon. The air quality was decent when we arrived, but by the time Peter's family arrived later in the evening it was getting worse. Amazingly, when we woke Friday morning it was a beautiful clear day.
We drove up the mountain and took a walk along one of the many lakes in the area. We saw some bear prints and found all kinds of intersting things to do along the shore.
After the walk, while we waited for the Bordelons to arrive, there was time for a little mountain bike riding. This is the viewfrom the Minaret viewpoint on Thursday. The smoke was hanging just behind the mountain tops, but didn't spill into the valley
This is the same view on Friday
On Friday you could actually see where the fire was burning just ten miles away
No comments:
Post a Comment