At least this particular period of frigidity is due to the weather.
Yeah, yeah, I know: people always say that we Californians are pretty gol-dang soft when it comes to enduring the hardships of winter weather. As if we don’t really know what winter weather is!*
Hey, so what are you waiting for? Let’s go swimming! Flickr image courtesy of John Carleton.
Interestingly enough, we actually (still) have seasons out here in the Golden State. Hockey-stick charts notwithstanding, some of us are lately digging into storage trunks for those moth-eaten afghans Grandma crocheted back in 1966!
But, brrrrrr!! It’s so one-armed-well-digger’s-arse cold right now in California!
Why, it’s so cold that…
…after the usual two-mile walk to work this morning, I was compelled to ask the security guard at my building if my nose was still attached to my face.
…the rock that was rattling around inside my shoe turned out to be my big toe.
…I couldn’t read my book on the train this evening because it was too hard to turn the pages while wearing winter gloves.
…despite cranking the heater on the drive home tonight, the cab of my truck didn’t get warm until I pulled into the driveway.
…if this keeps up, I’m trading in my pickup for a trail-groomer snowcat (super-deluxe Gran Touring model).
…in L.A., it was reported that Tiger Woods is (once again) sleeping with his own wife in order to keep warm.
…the flasher in my neighborhood was caught describing himself to women.
…being that I’m of a somewhat contrarian political nature, Global Warming must be a certainty!
…I could swear I saw snowflakes falling outside my 17th floor window yesterday – in downtown San Francisco! Indeed, I will swear! DA-yam!
…shrinkage is suddenly a real concern. Double DA-yam!!
…and, finally: it’s so cold in California that Ahhnold the Governator today had to turn the heat up on the state legislature, again!
Rimshot! >Ba-dump-bump.<
*I have some snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains to show you – on snowshoes, of course. You can tote-a the bota.
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December 8th, 2009 20:59
At least this particular period of frigidity is due to the weather. http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/?p=3550
December 9th, 2009 15:51
[...] At least this particular period of frigidity is due to the weather. [...]
December 28th, 2009 12:25
When I was living in Maine, I raised my kids on Allen Pond. One year, I got really brave (stupid). I wanted to feel what the water was like the day the ice went out. I waited for the sound (Whaoosh! The ice going out has its own amazing sound).
So, when I heard the sound, I went running down to the pond (1/4 mile wide, a mile long, and completely spring fed). I waded in up to my knees… Oh… my… God… It was so cold I could barely take it, and couldn’t go any farther. I ran out of the water, and for a long time after I had the adrenaline of someone who had just run a marathon.
What I didn’t know – so don’t try this at home, kids – is that if hypothermia had kicked in, I might not have been able to move my legs…. Hence the “stupid” part.
I can feel that picture above… It’s a lot colder than it looks!
December 28th, 2009 12:33
Bless you for that comment, Jo! Great story, and one worth heeding.
BTW, that very cold body of water in the photo is California’s Lake Almanor.
December 28th, 2009 15:01
That’s why it’s sans ice!
January 3rd, 2010 10:27
Brrr. Just brrr.
January 5th, 2010 16:41
Send some of that snow in my direction (Inland Northwest). Not sure what happened this year, but we haven’t had any.
Anyways, recently started a hiking blog and found yours.
Hiking plus wine equals bliss! Love it !
January 5th, 2010 16:51
Jo: sans ice? Why, that’s neat!
John: Get yourself warm, then enjoy some brrrreakfast!
Autumn: Let’s get you some Winter! Thanks for your blissful words.
January 23rd, 2010 12:26
Great sense of humor. I might not be getting the snow here on the SF Peninsula, but I can tell you that it has turned into a flood plain of lately.
January 28th, 2010 20:35
hah, this winter is extremely cold, I saw the sign everywhere
February 4th, 2010 19:09
Your commentary made me laugh out loud. I’m so happy I’ve discovered your hiking blog with a twist.
February 10th, 2010 14:57
Glad I’m in sunny Arizona! Geez, Port wine anyone? Or Bourbon…..?