US Northwest End of Summer Weekend Escape to Blue Lake Montana

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PapaDave

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Camping on the beach, chilling for the weekend on the water!

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Sounds like fun, and just 36 miles from the house, I'd be up for it except for a disability caused by a botched surgery in Feb., Caveat: The "East Fork fire is about 9.7 miles to the SSW of Blue Lake and the smoke has been nasty around here the last few days. In fact, a stretch of the forest road I would probably take if driving from the west, forms part of the control line on the west flank. USFS is asking the public to stay away.
We may swing by on Sat., just to say hi.
 
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MTNTRLS said:
Sounds like fun, and just 36 miles from the house, I'd be up for it except for a disability caused by a botched surgery in Feb., Caveat: The "East Fork fire is about 9.7 miles to the SSW of Blue Lake and the smoke has been nasty around here the last few days. In fact, a stretch of the forest road I would probably take if driving from the west, forms part of the control line on the west flank. USFS is asking the public to stay away.
We may swing by on Sat., just to say hi.
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That’s what I’m worried about if we need to cancel or go to a different spot. Blue lake is beautiful, but if it’s under smoke, no fun and not safe with fire crews.

Any chance you could swing by and check it out?
 
PapaDave said:
\"MTNTRLS said:
Sounds like fun, and just 36 miles from the house, I\'d be up for it except for a disability caused by a botched surgery in Feb., Caveat: The \"East Fork fire is about 9.7 miles to the SSW of Blue Lake and the smoke has been nasty around here the last few days. In fact, a stretch of the forest road I would probably take if driving from the west, forms part of the control line on the west flank. USFS is asking the public to stay away.
We may swing by on Sat., just to say hi.
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That’s what I’m worried about if we need to cancel or go to a different spot. Blue lake is beautiful, but if it’s under smoke, no fun and not safe with fire crews.

Any chance you could swing by and check it out?
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The smoke was better at the house yesterday, but that is a moving target. (air quality layer on gaiagps showed the same "moderate" air quality at Blue Lake as here. I will try to get up there today to check fore any closure signs or heavy traffic.
 
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MTNTRLS said:
The smoke was better at the house yesterday, but that is a moving target. (air quality layer on gaiagps showed the same "moderate" air quality at Blue Lake as here. I will try to get up there today to check fore any closure signs or heavy traffic.
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Ok thank you!
 
Glad we made it up on Saturday, it was fun catting with everyone; Not sure how I ended up thinking it was a Northwest Overland Society trip, except that they started a trip on Sat., from the Seattle area to the continental divide in Montana.
 
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