Came back safely from my trip, smoke in central Oregon was really really thick, could only see about a football field. Air wasn't bad at all near Grants Pass, better than Seattle. After that though in the Phoenix/Ashland area an entire mobile home park was burned completely to the ground, there wasn't even any little mounds of appliances, just flat rectangles of ash.
Starting in California we could see actual sky and clouds instead of just grey haze. In Sacramento the air was much better than we had at home. As we started back, again smoke from nearby fires around Petaluma and Santa Rosa, but once we got to the coast things were in pretty good shape.
The BnB we stayed at on our last night back (near Springfield, OR) was untouched but the valley had been evacuated during our trip and they had just been allowed back in the day before our arrival.
Am very happy to find decent air back here at home, and I was concerned about the smoke getting into my fabric but they seem ok based on my initial sniff tests. It rained quite a bit last night and this morning, it should be a beautiful day.
Fabric Confession: Not much to report! Did indeed go past Jordan Fabrics in Grants Pass but they remain closed to non-mail orders. There was a Goodwill just off the road somewhere along the way in Northern California and we popped in, there was nothing in the fabric section or the craft section, but the hubby wanted to pick up a shirt and while we were in line I noticed three large bags of fabric near the exit... one of those is mine now, including a number of 60s/early 70s 4 patches and as I say "a piece big enough for a back". Yeah, and a bunch of junky scraps but that happens.
That was my souvenir shopping other than a couple of magnets for the fridge, hubby got a Redwood calendar for us for next year, and we did do some food tourism too.