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Here’s a little update for those of you who care: The smoke and air quality in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks has improved significantly since yesterday morning. Air quality now ranges from good to moderate throughout the area versus moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups. A lot can happen between now and Sunday, but the current trend is moving in a favorable direction.
Below are the smoke and air quality maps from this morning and this evening for comparison. Green spots are good and yellow is moderate. Bear in mind that moderate readings are fairly common in the Los Angeles Basin. BTW, the blue dot in the center of the PM map is Grant Grove Village which is about as far north as our planned route will take us on Saturday.
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Someone at the general meeting asked me for my smoke/air quality source (sorry, but I haven’t been a club member long enough to know everyone’s names yet). Anyway, it’s:
FWIW, the air quality has deteriorated significantly up where we are going, but there’s a wind shift forecast that could clear things up. I’ve attached a snapshot of the air quality history at Lemon Cove as of this morning to show how quickly things can change. Even the professionals will tell you that it’s a fool’s game to try to forecast meteorological events more than 2-3 days ahead.
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I’m a lot more concerned with smoke and fire, but so far the Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks have managed to dodge those problems so far.
Pete (who’s “line in the sand” is 110°)
I’m doing the hotel thing this trip, but I plan to spend some time at the camping venue after the Saturday ride learning what I can about what kind of moto-camping equipment you folks use. I used to have backpacking and car camping gear, but most of that was stolen when a storage unit was broken into, so I basically have to start over and I’d like to start with the right stuff.
Question about the Saturday Sequoia Loop ride:
The Kings Canyon Scenic Byway is widely considered to be one of the best scenic drives in California, and I’m curious why we’re leaving the majority of it out of the Saturday ride? Including all of it to the east end of CA-180 would only increase the ride length (from the motel and back) from 135 to 203 miles. Yeah, we’d go out and back on the same road, but it’s a different ride when you’re going the opposite direction.
