It’s July y’all! And you know what that means in the San Francisco Bay Area don’t you?
Summer Gloom!
I actually love this picture and this weather. It just sucks for 4th of July because we can never see the fireworks. That is, if you live west of the Caldecott Tunnel. On the east side of the tunnel is hot weather and blue skies. Welcome to the Bay Area, where not only do we have micro-cultures, but we have micro-climates. There can easily be a 30 degree change between San Francisco and Martinez, where I grew up. And with no traffic, you can enjoy a different climate in just 45 minutes.
I remember when I worked on the movie “Scream” in 1996. We filmed night shoots in May in Tomales Bay and it was FREEZING. Then we would wrap at 6am and I would have a parka on. But as I drove east, back to my parent’s place, and the weather got warmer, I would start stripping in the car, removing my jacket, then my sweatshirt and an hour later when I pulled into their driveway, I would be in a tank top with a pile of clothes on the passenger’s side seat.
Today after work, I decided to take advantage of our cooler weather and headed back over to the East Ridge Trail in the Oakland Hills. This trail has little tree cover and can get really hot on sunny days, so I tend to avoid it. But today was a perfect cloudy day for such a trail that also has, say, some geocaches hidden there.
FOUND IT
All the caches were supposed to have “critters” attached to them, but only the racoon on the left, has survived through the years. Speaking of critters….
Here Bunny Bunny!
What a cutie-right by the front gate. I want one!
The fog rolled in around 7:30pm, and I took that as my cue to head home. I didn’t get a sunset picture tonight, but this trail was just what I needed.
Friday, July 1, 2022:
Theresa Donahoe 