Good and Bad of Missoula

Good: Saturday August 11th. After camping out under a star-filled sky next to a mountain stream and mountain biking 26 miles, I biked to my favorite brewery and peddled home with two growlers of my favorite beer. A summer night in Montana, good sore muscles, a few growlers. That's goodness.

Bad: Sunday August 12th. The smoke plumes from all the Montana forest fires settle in to our valley like a giant blanket, blocking all mountain views, creating bad air quality and eerie evening light as it obliterates the sun. I could just make out the sun for a minute and took this picture at 6:00 PM, still high in the sky.