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Gaia has a fire overlay, as does OnX. Looks like a normal Idaho fire season - which is to say....just awful.

No longer tripping here but sobbing The area of Ontario I spent so many years is just …. Gone Collin’s Ont remembering the people there

BC is looking good right now. Hope it holds out until mid September.

We woke up this morning to "dusk" and it remained that way all day. Tomorrow is predicted to be even worse. People have been advised...

I recognize the hurt that comes with getting beat down multiple times. I am not offering the following as a dismissal of that feeling...

Air quality in the UP is “Very Hazardous” and wind is supposed to be from the NW most of next week. So much for Sylvania Plan B. We...

As much as Canada has been on fire over the last few years I’m surprised they’re doing controlled burns at all. But admittedly my...

BC is looking good right now. Hope it holds out until mid September.

According to Gaia, that Wabakimi fire is 657 thousand acres! How many millions of acres are on fire in Canada right now?

Labrador and Newfoundland are looking pretty good. :-( Hazy here (MSP) just looking 100 yards across my lawn to the woods...smoke...

Not to be confused with rabies, but I’ve encountered several raccoons in PA with what I believe was canine distemper. They were...

I used to go spelunking in West Virginia in the 1970s. In some of those caves, we would be just inches from bats as we would pass along...

As much as Canada has been on fire over the last few years I’m surprised they’re doing controlled burns at all. But admittedly my...

Riverman by Ben McGrath. It is about Dick Conant. He was a character who traveled thousands of miles on several trips. He also was...

So much for our planned trip to Quetico in September. About half the area we were going to paddle is now burned over. Might be able to...