Hi Fred:

I'm in the same area as you.I'm based at Spanaway. During are last couple of
days of beautiful weather I noticed that I had a LOT of sinus congestion. I
wonder if you might have allergies you are unaware of. There was a lot of
smog down low and a lot of wood smoke in the air where I am at. You could
see a dirty brown layer topping out at around 1500 AGL. I never got above
2000, but I'll bet if I went high I would have noticed the pressure.

Flew Friday--Saturday says the Spouse "You were at the airport all day
yesterday, honey do day today" Sunday IFR

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A