09-01-2026, 08:41 PM
Forecast calls for a 6 days of rain beginning tomorrow...need to take advantage of a dry day, today! A 240 mile loop around Mt. Hood.
![[Image: VtB5BvP.png]](https://i.imgur.com/VtB5BvP.png)
For the last 6 weeks we've been dealing with lots of forest fire smoke...In my area, I'd guestimate 12 days with palatable smoke that you can taste, kinda stings the eyes after a while. And the east side of Mt. Hood has the Grasshopper Fire, 94,000 acres burned, going on for 39 days, but nearly contained. So I wanted to see just how smokey / hazy things look. Route was hiway 14 on the WA side along the Columbia, cross back into OR at Biggs Junction, take 97 south to Grass Valley, then 216 to Tygh Valley, Pine Grove, and finish with hiway 26 back home.
WA side of the Columbia River
![[Image: 3GuK0AJ.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/3GuK0AJ.jpg)
The blue sky looking white is the forest fire effect
![[Image: 5wojSoM.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/5wojSoM.jpg)
Hiway 216 west of Grass Valley; there was nothing for miles around these horsies. I hope someone is taking care of them. Through the haze of smoke you can still make out Mt. Hood, but it should look much more clear
![[Image: nnGOaxC.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/nnGOaxC.jpg)
Hiway 216 heading towards Tygh Valley is a very fun, windy road
![[Image: NCZ2PIm.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/NCZ2PIm.jpg)
Indigenous fishing platform below
![[Image: 7owy3SP.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/7owy3SP.jpg)
White River Falls: stopped to read a couple chapters of The Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Morison. Very good.
https://i.imgur.com/Xp6k1l2.mp4
Despite using natural tears eyedrops at nearly each stop, my eyes are tired! Hopefully the 6 days of rain will clear out the smoke.
![[Image: VtB5BvP.png]](https://i.imgur.com/VtB5BvP.png)
For the last 6 weeks we've been dealing with lots of forest fire smoke...In my area, I'd guestimate 12 days with palatable smoke that you can taste, kinda stings the eyes after a while. And the east side of Mt. Hood has the Grasshopper Fire, 94,000 acres burned, going on for 39 days, but nearly contained. So I wanted to see just how smokey / hazy things look. Route was hiway 14 on the WA side along the Columbia, cross back into OR at Biggs Junction, take 97 south to Grass Valley, then 216 to Tygh Valley, Pine Grove, and finish with hiway 26 back home.
WA side of the Columbia River
![[Image: 3GuK0AJ.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/3GuK0AJ.jpg)
The blue sky looking white is the forest fire effect
![[Image: 5wojSoM.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/5wojSoM.jpg)
Hiway 216 west of Grass Valley; there was nothing for miles around these horsies. I hope someone is taking care of them. Through the haze of smoke you can still make out Mt. Hood, but it should look much more clear
![[Image: nnGOaxC.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/nnGOaxC.jpg)
Hiway 216 heading towards Tygh Valley is a very fun, windy road
![[Image: NCZ2PIm.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/NCZ2PIm.jpg)
Indigenous fishing platform below
![[Image: 7owy3SP.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/7owy3SP.jpg)
White River Falls: stopped to read a couple chapters of The Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Morison. Very good.
https://i.imgur.com/Xp6k1l2.mp4
Despite using natural tears eyedrops at nearly each stop, my eyes are tired! Hopefully the 6 days of rain will clear out the smoke.

