glen2Glenn, the fires are still raging in southern Oregon; it has now passed the 1933 Tillamook Burn (which I grew up hearing about) in size. The current fire is down close to the California border; so far as I know, the redwoods in Calif. are not in danger.

bernil, I'm with you! I much prefer the cool, moist, sweet air of southeast Alaska to the over-processed stick-your-head-in-the-sofa-cushion breathing stuff they have in so many places this time of year 'in the lower 48'.