What I Did On My Summer Vacation
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Tony D.
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You missed truly stunning opportunity @PBKrarup
I hike at elevation, so I know how quickly things can change. Saturday was something else altogether.
Approaching 70 degrees at 2 PM on the beach, wind kicks up, northern clouds obscuring the horizon so we left the sand. An hour later temps plummeted to the 30s, hail, sleet, snow, 30 MPH gusts at 7000' (lake level).
By 5 PM the Truckee music festival kicked off only an hour late to clear skies and 50 degree temps.
Those 9000' peaks in the pic got a dusting of snow that June day.
It can be obscenely expensive and the politics are batshit but the humas are true, the roads are unspeakably great so I remain immensely grateful to live here.
I hike at elevation, so I know how quickly things can change. Saturday was something else altogether.
Approaching 70 degrees at 2 PM on the beach, wind kicks up, northern clouds obscuring the horizon so we left the sand. An hour later temps plummeted to the 30s, hail, sleet, snow, 30 MPH gusts at 7000' (lake level).
By 5 PM the Truckee music festival kicked off only an hour late to clear skies and 50 degree temps.
Those 9000' peaks in the pic got a dusting of snow that June day.
It can be obscenely expensive and the politics are batshit but the humas are true, the roads are unspeakably great so I remain immensely grateful to live here.
PBKrarup
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My day was completely unlike yours. 
I ran the bike 142 miles down to Maderna on Rt 99, had lunch at Perko's Cafe - 1825 Cleveland Ave, Madera, CA 93637 - (California burger and vanilla shake made with Dreyers), then visited Quady winery where I picked up a few bottles of vino. Temps hit 95F and I regretted not having my chill vest on. Speeds didn't exceed 95 and a bozo rammed his Toyota sportscar into the northbound Altamont Pass median, necessitating a traffic break for 45 minutes.
Total miles ~ 290.
News reports say that gas in CA may hit $8/gallon because of refinery closures.
Yeah, a typical California day.
I ran the bike 142 miles down to Maderna on Rt 99, had lunch at Perko's Cafe - 1825 Cleveland Ave, Madera, CA 93637 - (California burger and vanilla shake made with Dreyers), then visited Quady winery where I picked up a few bottles of vino. Temps hit 95F and I regretted not having my chill vest on. Speeds didn't exceed 95 and a bozo rammed his Toyota sportscar into the northbound Altamont Pass median, necessitating a traffic break for 45 minutes.
Total miles ~ 290.
News reports say that gas in CA may hit $8/gallon because of refinery closures.
Yeah, a typical California day.
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