I'm not a superstitious sort, but it's hard not to view today's trek from Powell to Salt Lake City as some sort of an omen. After driving from Thermopolis to Evanston in on-again, off-again rain storms, the weather finally lifted near the Wyoming-Utah border to reveal plenty of smoke.
Seems there are a couple forest and grass fires around the Salt Lake area currently that are kicking a tremendous amount of smoke into the air right now. If that wasn't doing the trick, there's another grass fire less than a mile from the hotel serving as casa de Sports Guy for the duration of the Pioneers' stay in town that's really got a smoky aroma in the air.
Then there's the wind. It's currently gusting in excess of 55 miles per hour and has caused travel advisories and a high wind warning to be posted .
Throw it all together and I don't know if Mother Nature is trying to say the Pioneers are going to storm the competition, blow them away or light 'em up. All I do know is that if these conditions still exist as time for opening pitch draws near tomorrow, Powell's first game at the 2009 Northwest region Legion baseball tournament will be one they talk about for a very, very long time!
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