With California and Oregon ablaze, Utah has recently been inundated with blown-in wildfire smoke, obscuring the Salt Lake Valley as badly as any inversion smog we've seen. It was throat-burningly, eye-itchingly bad on Friday, with unhealthy air warnings for everyone, not just vulnerable people. We could not see the mountains on either side of the valley and it sure wasn't a good idea to go outside for recreating. Saturday was cooler and a little bit clearer; Sunday was fairly clear in the morning, although slightly warmer, but by 11 a.m., the winds had changed and we got socked in again.
Saturday: Milton and I did our 3.25 mile walk, then I weeded the east side of the house, and then we stayed inside all the rest of the day, uninspired to do much more than put away clean laundry, read and watch videos.
Sunday: Milton and I did our 3.25 mile walk while H mowed the lawn for the first time since June (we've barely been running the sprinklers - because drought - and anything green is a weed, so the edging took a long time), then I weeded the north side of the house, and then we decided we should go to lunch at Grid City to celebrate all the yard work. We both had pale ales; H had seitan wings with the house hot sauce; and I had a "Bangkok bowl" with roasted cauliflower, broccolini, edamame, creamy corn and pickled jalapenos. Delicious! and nice to get out of the house for a minute.
But seriously, without any hiking, cycling or MTBing, it really feels like a waste of a weekend.
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