I forgot to mention that on yesterday's walk on American Springs Road I could smell and see smoke rising from the San Miguel wildfire in Bandelier National Monument.
Today when I walked on the Camp May Road Route, the mountains were swathed in a thin layer of smoke. I think the wind this afternoon, although not particularly high, did a number on the wildfire, spreading the smoke around Los Alamos. The evening sun has an orangish glow to it.
The Route was in relatively good condition as far as trash around the parking areas. I managed, though, to spend 3 hours going up and down it because I kept bending over to toss sticks and rocks off the trail, maintained the cairns and rerouted a place or two that seemed confusing. All in all, it's a very rough path and not like a real trail at all. Besides, it hurts my right foot on the upper part that goes along a hillside.
The area off Paintball Road no longer has the white RV camping there. They left the campsite very clean.
When I started walking, clouds were piling up, some with dark bottoms, but it seems that the wind blew any moisture they held away and it stayed sunny and clear. It's 87 degrees in the house right now. I have a large box fan blowing on me while I sit at the computer.