Pam, I asked some BCI riders about you, and they didn't know if you were there.
I have asthma and the smoke never bothered me, in fact, I only smelled the fire early near Ojai.
My group did a modified version of the double metric and I got to pig out at all the rest stops we went to. I love eating my way through a long ride with cookies and fruit at the stops, sandwiches and chips at lunch,two popsicles at the last stop, then chicken, tri-tip, salad, vegetables, pasta, and a roll at the end.