I'm Normally Not a Smoker

Tonight, again, was a lovely evening marred only by a fairly stiff headwind and a tiny taste of Arizona Smoke.
I took a cell phone photo of our sunset yesterday evening with fairly thick smoke:

You can hardly even see the sun in this photo:  To my eye it appeared very dim and red.  The old saying "Red Sky at Night, Sailor's Delight", hardly seems to apply here.
Beginning BG:  240                              Post-Ride BG: 97
Evening Stats from the GPS:                 Total Miles:  7.43
Overall average speed      Moving Avg         Max Speed
09.4  Mph                          10.3 mph             22.5  mph
Total Trip time                   Moving Time       Stopped Time
47:11 mins                        43:06 mins            04:05 mins  

Yesterday was - as usual - nowhere nearly as bad as the weather hawkers were proclaiming.  Yesterday we were warned to "Stay Indoors, don't go Outside if You Don't Have To, Don't Exercise Outdoors, this is the WORST smoke day ever...." When even as they made such announcements the skies were clearer than the day before.  I wore my paint mask riding both to and from work yesterday mainly to see if I could endure the thing for an entire 7-mile ride, including climbing hills, dealing with the heat, etc.  Everything was fine.
This morning, still shrill, we were warned it was going to be even worse than ever before, etc, etc, and the aiwr as almost CLEAR today with at least 10-mile or more visibility.  I brought a new paint mask just in case, but it remains in my rear pannier unused.  It was a great ride this morning, and many more warm-weather cyclists and walkers out and about.  If we all obeyed the government and media's dire warnings we would probably seldom venture forth from our caves to find sustenance.
During my morning rides I normally check in via ham radio to a popular local radio net:  The SCAT (Senior Citizens And Travelers) net.  Net Control this morning announced one of our regular check-ins was in the hospital, with a broken leg suffered during a biking accident.  Turns out he wasn't even MOVING when he broke his leg..... He was stopped and standing next to his parked bicycle when it suddenly fell over on him, knocking him sideways, and somehow as he fell he broke his leg.  Ya really can't blame THAT on the bicycle mode of travel.... A piece of wind-blown debris like a shingle or a self propelled shopping cart could have just as easily nailed him.  It sounds like the "Broke the leg stepping off the curb" syndrome.

Awakening BG:  260(!)                              Post-Ride BG:  60
Morning Stats from the GPS:                 Total Miles:  7.41
Overall average speed      Moving Avg         Max Speed
11.4  Mph                          12.1 mph             22.2 mph
Total Trip time                   Moving Time       Stopped Time
39:00 mins                          36:39 mins            02:21 mins