Well it was a great trip! :) When we got to White River campground Monday evening it was really smoky (smoky almost the entire drive over). But by Tuesday morning it was clear and stayed clear until late afternoon when the smoke strayed back in. Wednesday and Thursday, pretty smoky/hazy with occasional clearing. Friday a system rolled in and cleared almost all of the smoke out and it turned out that we were traveling through probably one to the prettiest areas as well. Just past Summer Land it started to rain (hard) and rained the rest of the way out- hoping it was enough to extinguish the fire northwest of the park.
Trip report forthcoming.