It wasn’t too bad initially. We headed towards Jicarilla Airport and the north/south valley that ends near Albuquerque starts there. I had the corset all the way in and was doing 65-70 mph ground speed.
My passenger took this photo on Labor Day. Directly beneath us was the scorched ground from the just put out Rocky & Jerusalem fires. We flew during the one week there wasn't a TFR in this area.