On 7/14/2010 6:39 AM, Willie Wonka wrote:
> Ooooh, me so jelaous, Moose. It was 82F degrees at seven o'clock this
> morning.
Hey Boris,
The fog/sun cycle is moving toward sun. The last 2-3 days have had increasing
afternoon sun, which will continue until
we have a few fully sunny days, probably starting Saturday. Then one day,
whoomph, the fog will come in with a vengeance
one late afternoon and the cycle goes on. It's that way all summer here, driven
by inland temperatures. It'll get to the
low 70s today, probably low 80s Sun/Monday.
The nicest weather here and the whole NorCal coast is Spring and Fall, when
there are also fewer folks out crowding
things. We generally do the coast in spring, when the wildflowers are so
abundant, New England in early Fall, when the
weather/crowding/bug index is optimal, then back to Calif. late in the year.
Some of the best weather on our coast is between winter storms. This year, we
slipped in a couple of late winter trips,
to the coast N. and S. of here, in March, catching brief windows between
storms. It can be warmer between storms on the
N. coast in the dead of winter than high summer fog days, with the same air
temp., but less wind. An occasional visit
during a full blown storm is spectacular, with the huge surf crashing against
rugged cliffs.
> I do have the ocean here tho...to remedy the situation. I live six minutes
> away from it, that is six minutes by foot. There has been a lot of swimming
> lately...
The Pacific around here is too cold and generally too rough for my enjoyment.
> Dont know if you have fully finalized your travel plans, but if you have some
> room to maneuver, let me know. I live in the real heart of New England
> (despite what Bob W. sez...:)...quaint villages, farmstands that operate on
> the honor system, etc. Oh and not to forget the numerous photo opps. Will
> be an honor to host you or anybody else on this list passing by.
Not this year. Some years, we visit family in Brooklyn, so end up driving
Boston-NY in one direction or the other, which
might make a RI visit practical. Unfortunately, it also about doubles our
travel expenses, as we have to pay for lodging
there. In E. Ma. and Maine, we stay with friends and family. In several lengthy
visits, we've only stayed one night in a
motel when the schedule got screwy - and it was WAY cheaper up by Moosehead
than anyplace in Brooklyn. So this year, no NY.
As to "real" New England, I'll let you folks sort that out. I know Bob refers
to his State as Occupied Canada, so he
probably won't argue much. We will be spending time with friends and family in
Brookline and two small towns outside
Boston. That seems sufficiently "heart of NE" for me.
Travelin' Moose
>
> Best
>
> Boris
>
> .....................................
>> Yesterday wifey laughed at my optimism. The plan was to go for a run at
>> lunchbreak...I stuck my arm out aroung 10:30 and it almost caught on fire.
>>
>> What a year, first the great flood, now the heat...and this is just the
>> beginning of summer. The radio and Net tell me that we are going to have yet
>> another day of record-breaking temperatures here in the Northeast. It
>> certainly felt more humid this morning.
> Just so you tone it down by Labor day. We're looking at the calendar and
> airfares for a September New England trip.
>
> 60°F here at the moment, so drop on by and cool down. ;-) We're fully into
> the summer fog cycle now. It was nice, up
> to low 80,s for going into the holiday weekend, but the fog started to creep
> in
> on its little cat's feet the evening of
> the 4th.
>
> Oooo, it just got up to 61!
>
> Moose
>
>
>
>
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