Bwar,
I was standing behind a tourist in line on Wednesday and thinking about his predicament. He came from further away than you, but either way, it's a drag to come to such a beautiful place in the one week (10 days? Hopefully not more) that it is covered with abysmal air quality and smoke from the Camp Fire. Just Brutal.
The second round of the Women's NCAA soccer tournament was moved pretty far south on Friday to avoid the smoke. The air was *just* good enough to play round 3 in Palo Alto yesterday. Alas, the (#23) Badgers fell to (#1) Stanford, 1-0, missing a great scoring opportunity with literally five seconds to play. But there was a good Badger presence at the game, including yours truly, SFIrish, my kiddos, and even my parents (Stanford fans, mind you).