Montebello, Quebec day 2

Yesterday in western Ontario there were very high winds and dry conditions that led to the breakout of 49 different uncontrolled forest wildfires. The winds are spreading the smoky haze all over including here, as well as the PHL to NYC area with a smoky unpleasant haze. Current predictions are for two more days of this if the winds don't change. One change could include more upward lift that wouldn't planet the ground.
The winds DID change to push the mess high up!
We took a long walk on the Chateau estate forest trails, and paid $18 for an ordinary can of Deep Woods Off. It turns out we both agree it was well worth it since otherwise the dank still forest trail would have been intolerable from the skeeters. They seemed especially interested in getting under our eyelids and into nostrils. A stretch along the Ottawa River was very interesting and beautiful. In the middle of summer, that is.Read more