The fires are still going strong, but the wind came up enough to blow some of the smoke out. There are still some mandatory evacuations out by Keswick, and 299 is closed at Weaverville. AJ took some pictures of the sunset for me after I picked him up after the Scout Leadership meeting tonight.

As far as I know, the Mt. Lassen hike has been postponed. Shingletown still has fires burning around it, and the air quality is pretty bad. Ronna may not even be able to get through - Highway 20 was pretty nasty too, with a fire by the lakes.

AJ even managed to catch a flock of birds on camera - not too bad for driving down the highway!