I actually thought about that as I wrote it. I'm in Davis, California. Are you familiar with it? I do notice that your location just says "USA."
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June 22nd... one of the best days of the year
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Davis… Yes. One of the best viniculture & agricultural science schools in the world is at UC Davis. I would have never guessed the Sacramento Valley cooled down so much at night. I thought it was more of a coastal phenomenon.I actually thought about that as I wrote it. I'm in Davis, California. Are you familiar with it? I do notice that your location just says "USA."
Davis is at the southern end of the Sacramento Valley and close enough to the water to get the delta breeze in the evenings. Even when there's not much of a breeze, the hot air moves out at night or early morning. The cool nights are lovely, and many (most?) homes have whole-house fans for quick cooling as soon as it gets cooler outside. Other parts of Sacramento Valley don't cool off as much.
And so the Earth spins on its axis, turning summer into fall....and so on...Why is it one of the best days? Because it's the date (in the northern hemisphere) when the days start to get shorter! It's means winter is on it's way!
Gonna be a long, hot spin 
When my father-in-law was still around, we spent this week in northern Wisconsin fishing for northern and muskie on a beautiful lake near the Michigan border. The sun came up so early and there was still light in the sky at 10 pm. That made it a unique and fun trip, but now we only get there every few years and later in the summer. This year we waited too long with the pandemic and have a house in Michigan.
I haven't started looking at the NOAA forecast yet. That usually waits for late August.
I haven't started looking at the NOAA forecast yet. That usually waits for late August.
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Bump for 2022! Bring on shorter days!!!
All that anticipation?
I'm living in the moment. It's the longest day so I took full advantage of it. Got done kayaking at 8pm! (still had daylight to have some fish taco on the beach too)
Also a good day for a double century on bike, for those so inclined (I used to, but got wiser)
I'm living in the moment. It's the longest day so I took full advantage of it. Got done kayaking at 8pm! (still had daylight to have some fish taco on the beach too)
Also a good day for a double century on bike, for those so inclined
(I used to, but got wiser)
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Yes! I do lots of fun things in the summer too... but I don't "count down" to them, think about them a lot, or prepare for them, the way I do for ski season.
Hmmm.... I don't have time to think about it, not even a little.Yes! I do lots of fun things in the summer too... but I don't "count down" to them, think about them a lot, or prepare for them, the way I do for ski season.
I just finished washing the salt water off my paddle gear. Once they're dry, I need to re-pack for an evening paddle tomorrow. Followed by a weekend of white water...
In between, an old friend is visiting from out of town. Need to squeeze in a lunch somehow.
Winter? What winter?
(but I'm here in case someone post a deal, a new addition to my pass, etc.)
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Well you had time to get onto a ski website and comment about it!
Can't you tell I often post without thinking?Well you had time to get onto a ski website and comment about it!
This is my favorite day of the year. Football is double digits away and the countdown begins to that and the 8 months of fabulousness that follow. I enjoy summer and all that goes with it but I start to get an extra showing in my step on this day.
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I thought I might start a new thread today... but instead I'll just bump this one, and say that sadly, we've reached the shortest day of the year, and days will get longer from here (for the northern hemisphere)... meaning the end of ski season isn't far off.
Well it also means that winter is officially here!! Yay!!!
Enjoy it while you can!!!
Well it also means that winter is officially here!! Yay!!!
Enjoy it while you can!!!
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Bump for 2023! Bring on shorter days!!!
By the same token, summer "is officially here"! Now that we've past the longest day of the year...
Sorry, winter will have to wait till summer is over.
Repeat of post 10 with new picture from this morning. It actually finally felt like a Summer morning too. Air was warmer than the water.Bump for 2023! Bring on shorter days!!!
I do love the longer days but I love football, fall and winter more so I'm just hanging out BBQ'ing, drinking beer and playing disc golf in the meantime. 49 days until pre season football.
Yep, first day of fall, when the sun starts heading back to the Southern Hemisphere. The days are finally getting shorter, slowly but surely.
This time, it should stay down there for an extra few months, and make a habit of it. Hang out at the Tropic of Capricorn admiring those Australian girls until about March 31 , then slowly start coming back north until June 21. It should be near the equator then. Then -- turn around and head south again.
This time, it should stay down there for an extra few months, and make a habit of it. Hang out at the Tropic of Capricorn admiring those Australian girls until about March 31
, then slowly start coming back north until June 21. It should be near the equator then. Then -- turn around and head south again.
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