We stayed in Grants Pass Friday night on our way here to Vancouver, WA. It was really hot (although Grants Pass in August is usually hot anyway), and there was some smoke, but it wasn't as bad along the I-5 as we had feared it would be.
What a shame to see this happening in this beautiful state of Oregon. When we were heading up through the Valley of the Rogue, I was trying to imagine what all those beautiful trees West of the I-5 would like like completely burned out, and it's just devastating to contemplate.
The smoke here in Grants Pass varies from day to day. In the morning the smoke lays low, spreading out during the day as wind and temperatures work on it. Some days it is hard to see mountains a mile away the smoke is so thick.
Coming back to Grants Pass this morning from Lake Selmac ( 8:30 a.m.) I noticed the fire near Galice was causing a lot of smoke already in Grants Pass.