Feel the Burn

Since I rarely watch the news, last week I heard about the recent Southern California wildfires from Dad back in the Midwest. This past weekend, though, we saw, smelled and breathed smoke. It started to creep up the coast (the smoke, not fire) on Saturday and by Sunday morning ash settled all over our house, cars and beach. It smells like camping. While our area isn't in any danger being about 1 1/2 hours away, it feels really strange! The sun was muted by the smoke layer yesterday and it felt a bit like a horror movie. Similar to the feeling just before a tornado or during a solar eclipse.

In other weird feelings, Matt and I took our regularly scheduled walk this morning. It started a bit chilly in town but when the tunnel spit us out on the beach it was oddly warm. Upon reentering, the air being sucked out from town was like that of an air conditioner.