Heading North

June 1, 2022 cont.

After leaving Portal AZ, we headed north into New Mexico toward Silver City to restock.

Smoke from the "Black" fire, 27 miles northeast of Silver City in the Gila National Forest.

The fire has consumed 264,000 so far and as of this writing it's only 29% contained.  Luckily (for us) the prevailing wind is blowing the smoke east. From Silver City, we plan to go northwest, skirt around the fire heading toward western Colorado.

Looks like this summer we'll be dodging smoke and fires.