In the 2.5 hour break I took to blog this afternoon, the air quality at Vegoose took a turn for the worse. I have allergies (but not asthma), but still had trouble breathing as I made my way from the entrance toward the far stage for Muse.

However, I suspect it wasn’t residue from the California fires drifting our way. Instead, judging by the insane haze hovering over the Umphrey’s McGee crowd — seriously, it looked like a chemical spill or the dust surrounding the Peanuts character Pigpen — the clouds of smoke from various substances both illegal and legal seemed to be the culprit.

Impressive. Or something.