{"id":23047,"date":"2026-08-09T19:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T01:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=23047"},"modified":"2026-08-09T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T01:36:17","slug":"still-here-still-smoky-still-hot-08-09-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2026\/08\/still-here-still-smoky-still-hot-08-09-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Still here, still smoky, still hot: 08\/09\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The title says it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We and most of the full timers here at the RV park are mostly hunkering down in our rigs, closed up with A\/C keeping us cool as well as filtering the smoky air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to NOAA, it has been “very unhealthy” for all … highest low air quality that I’ve seen. Emmett and I must go out now and again and we come back with watery eyes and drippy noses. It is not much fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, watching the devestation in other parts of the U.S. and Canada, so far, we are getting off light. Thoughts and prayers continuously for firefighters, first responders and all whose homes and businesses have been or are in danger of destruction … crazy, awful fire season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smoky sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peppermint marshmallows from the market in St. Ignacious … a few weeks ago. They are crazy good and a fun addition to my Sunday Mocha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oscar keeping an eye out … thankfully no neighbors for the last 2 days – YEA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The absence of neighbors made it necessary for me to do an RV chore that I’d been putting off. Maybe TMI but I had a new “waste tank flush” thing. As easy as all info made it look, I hoped to do first try with no witnesses. Today was the day and it went very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All is good, clean and cool aboard Wild Thing II!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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