Susanville, California
Our journey north to Oregon from Tahoe took us along US 395 through Northeastern California and we made a pitstop in Susanville. If you look closely at the photo above you can see a hint of forest fire smoke. After Susanville we turned on to California 139 and into the Modoc National Forest. The farther north we drove the thicker the smoke became until it blocked the sun and hung like a dirty milky shroud in the low pine branches of the surrounding forest. This a...