Fire season doesn’t typically start here in California until mid-summer because temperatures are a lot hotter and conditions are much drier. But, within the last few weeks, there have been numerous fires all over the place here. As I currently type, there’s a small fire just 5 miles from my house. It smells horrible here, like there’s a fire just outside my window. If this is what my summer is going to be like while I’m here, I’m gonna try to take a lot of trips to get away. This is gross.