High Country

man, that looks worrisomely dry (for this time of year)

I should absolutely not have been able to ride this section of road until mid-May at the earliest, @williwaw.

Annnnnd as you probably know you've got a super el nino warm pattern incoming - one of my weather colleagues told me this could be the strongest el nino on record, they're seriously freaking out about it.

Holy shit this summer is going to be bad for fire - especially with the essential dismantling of the USFS on top of the shit fuckery at FEMA. . . . I think we're going to see another Paradise/Lahaina/Marshall Fire situation somewhere. :( Keep your head on a swivel, my friend.

On Friday afternoon there was a huge plume of smoke rising up from the Madison Valley, @williwaw. It's already here : (