This pre-roll is not unlike smoking an entire fruit stand, and you can expect to enjoy heavy notes of berry and citrus long after you finish your session. You can expect a layered taste that will continue to unfold as you settle into a relaxing and euphoric head high. I decided to make Fume's Dank Fruit my inaugural pre-roll for a recent trip up to Yosemite. Being that I was riding in the back of my buddy’s RV, which only he drove because he was the only one intimate enough with its kinks and quirks, I was relieved of any driving responsibilities. This freed me up to get high for the ride up, and boy did this pre-roll get me high for the ride up.

Dank Fruit from Fume is no joke. If you are not a seasoned practitioner of the herb toking game, start with a few light puffs and live to sesh again. Less is more with this workhorse of a high, and for those who have been around the block, it will blast open the hatches of the creative mind. All sorts of imagery and notions pop to mind, and you might feel overwhelmed at times by the sheer amount of beauty that the human mind can either conjure or appreciate.

“Less is more with this workhorse of a high, which will blast open the hatches of the creative mind.”

We stopped at one point to let the dogs out so they could pee. It was a sleepy desert town, and we were near what appeared to be a cement factory. Or at least a factory that was made of cement. I’m not really sure which, but as I watched my friend’s chihuahua go number one near a roadside cactus, I entered into a fugue state. I imagined myself shedding all worldly possessions, deleting social media accounts, and moving out to these dry lands where I would make residence. Not unlike Snoopy’s cousin Spike from Needles, CA, who actually lived in a cactus. There was just something really disaffected and cool about Spike, and I badly wanted to drape myself in his cloak of mystery for that one particular moment. So, in the time it took a five pound chihuahua with a purple sweater vest to go to the bathroom, this is the sort of shit that ran through my head. It was great.

I of course hit the Dank Fruit Pre-Roll a couple more times before we got the critters back in the RV and returned to the road. Then it was just a matter of hitting play on my carefully curated “Hot Fire'' playlist, and taking in the passing beauty of the open (and sometimes winding) roads. It became deeply peaceful at times. The initial exuberance of this high gave way to a more settling and all-embracing way of being. So by the time we reached the famous Tunnel View where you can take in the grandeur of the Yosemite Valley, I was totally blown away. We of course got out and took the obligatory pics, but there were moments where we just stood in bewilderment of the beauty. It’s not that the view is somehow better when you’re high, it’s that you feel like you are more a part of it. You feel less detached, and for many, that can feel like a sense of oneness. This dank pre-roll certainly helped me immerse myself in the wonders of the nature that surrounded me.

“The pre-roll helped me immerse myself in the wonders of nature.”

We arrived at our campsite as the sun was setting. We really couldn’t have timed it any better. I had saved a good chunk of this .7 gram of pre-roll so my pal, who drove us to the park, could finally appreciate some himself. We both finished it as the sun was setting behind some granite monolith in the distance. When night came, we found ourselves in a heavenly repose. We stared into the night sky for what seemed like hours. To say that this bud is great for stargazing would be an understatement. Neither of us could remember the last time we saw so many stars. We sat transfixed by them as we engaged in the sort of deep conversations that one would expect to have around a dying campfire, smores on hand. We knew it was time to call it a night when we were seeing the same witch figure in the outline of some pine branches. I worried how well I would sleep on an unforgiving sleeping pad with bears lurking about, but this high soon put those notions to rest. Mostly by putting me to rest. I was out like a light.

My final assessment of the Dank Fruit Pre-Roll by Fume is that it is not for the faint of heart, though if smoked responsibly, it can provide you with a whirlwind of adventure. I found it lit up my mental synapses, and again it could be seen as a wonder for the creatively inclined. While I enjoyed this smoke outdoors, there were moments of introspection that could really move the solitary smoker who prefers to stay inside. You don’t need to be climbing Half Dome to get the full thrill of this ride, and that is a relief. If you’re not bringing this along on a weekend getaway, maybe at least clear your schedule, because this high has the power to send you deep into the woods.