Climate Zones are Crazy

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 07/26/2016 at 11:18 • Filed to: None

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California aqueduct

When I left Fresno at dawn, it was just under 70 degrees on a day that will top our around 107.

I got out of my car is Salinas, 135 miles away, and it’s 55 and foggy. Here are some pics from the drive.

Cilantro just getting started

Firebaugh, Ca.

Not sure what this 3 wheel beast is for

And Daisy at the end. She did not understand why I was up so early. I hoping to go home with fresh berries. We will see.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2016 at 11:22

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You think that’s wild, do the drive from San Jose to San Fran.

CalzoneGolem > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2016 at 11:24

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So these little guys are used to shift trailers around a lot.

There’s a huge bakery in my town that has a few of these to schlep trailers from one part of the factory to another. They’re Ariel Atoms of the tractor trailer world.

sonicgabe > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2016 at 11:27

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Several years ago, I went from St Petersburg to Miami to play a show in February. We left St Pete all bundled up as it was 40 degrees out. Had to change to shorts and tshirts in Miami, which was 95 degrees.

Ash78, voting early and often > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2016 at 11:27

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under 70 degrees on a day that will top our around 107.

Now THAT is the sign of a low-humidity climate. At least you can do stuff in the morning and it feels nice. Our daily highs are 95-98, nightly lows 78-80. The morning is arguably the worst time to do anything because the humidity is highest. I love central CA. Say hello to John Steinbeck for me!

RallyWrench > Ash78, voting early and often 07/26/2016 at 12:45

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I just passed through Salinas on Sunday coming home from the Sierras. 101 crosses the Salinas River a few times and runs along it for quite a ways down to Paso Robles, and seeing it dry always makes me think about the lush descriptions Steinbeck used for it in Of Mice and Men and other works , and what it must have been like then.

RallyWrench > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2016 at 12:52

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Indeed they are. This is why I came down through the Bay and 101 after cooking in the mountains last weekend, instead of I-5. I love the Sierras, but after a few days in the heat it’s nice coming home to fog.

BayAreaMiataBoi > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2016 at 19:15

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I know that 100+ degrees is rough, as my Miata broke down in Tracy (102 degrees) last Saturday, with my Mom in the car. . .