Rimrock Drive: Fire Season

This is a picture of Rimrock Drive on the rim above the valley where Spokane rests.  A dust and smoke storm was coming in followed twenty minutes later by a nicely cool summer rain.  The first rain Spokane had had in over a week.

Spokane -- The Fires of August

This is a picture taken about 5:30 PM a couple of weeks ago.  Fires were burning about 60 miles and about 180 miles from Spokane to the west.  This is not an unusual phenomenon.  But for the smoke and the rather pleasant burning forest smell the sky would be clear and the air clean.