{"id":1730,"date":"2018-08-24T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T03:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2018-09-29T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T00:07:07","slug":"banner-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1730","title":{"rendered":"Banner Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few days the smoke has been pretty thick considering how far away the Canadian and Eastern Washington wild fires were. The day after my last ride I was pretty congested and &#8220;hackie&#8221; so I decided to forego fun on the trails for a few days.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1726\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?resize=840%2C473\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180822_180503.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>The smoke was pretty thick.<\/p>\n<p>A little bit of rain and favorable winds cleared out the smoke enough to get a ride this afternoon. I made a return to <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikebill.com\/WA-Banner.htm\">Banner Forest<\/a> for some twisty fast singletrack fun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1727 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?resize=840%2C1493\" width=\"840\" height=\"1493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?w=2268&amp;ssl=1 2268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?resize=1200%2C2133&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180610-01.jpeg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1728 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?resize=840%2C473\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"537e22dc-4ec0-48f5-afa7-0b74b322b694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_180848-01.jpeg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1729 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?resize=840%2C1493\" width=\"840\" height=\"1493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?w=2268&amp;ssl=1 2268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?resize=1200%2C2133&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180823_175433-01.jpeg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2923\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220615_090719-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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