went to mineral king in sequoia national park yesterday to get out of the valley, 104 degrees. unfortunately mineral king was warm and on thursday night/friday morning there were thunderstorms which ignited a fire. the park service was right on it and helicopters were brought in to dump water on the fire, which was put out. but smoke brought a haze to mineral king valley which made shooting difficult. also when wife and i left for our drive up, my truck had ash from the fire near yosemite. here in california, with over 100,000,000 trees dead, fire is a major concern.