DaveJCummings wrote I noticed that the first time I visited California. I was in San Diego and I noticed the drastically different forecasts for the city/coastal areas, to the more inland areas of a few miles. Being from the midwest (Indianapolis to be exact) I often forget the vast array of climates in such a close proximity on the West Coast. The problem here is that in the Midwest, you can very easily experience all 4 seasons in the course of 24 hours, having temperatures in the upper 70s to having a foot of snow a few hours later. Which is why people around here like to say "you don't like the weather? wait 5 minutes" |
Amazingly enough, being a Kiwi, I can relate to this. I flew into LAX some years ago, and drove down to San Diego where the climate was surprisingly nice. Not too hot, and with a lovely cool breeze coming off the sea. The next day we headed inland towards Phoenix passing through an incredible variety of landscapes. I remember mountains made of huge rocks the size of a house. I remember seeing the west bound lane fully half a mile away passing through a different mountain pass. I remember giant cacti straight out of an old western. It was breathtaking. But what I remember the most was getting out of the car at the first fuel stop, and the wall of heat that hit us. It was a massive contrast to San Diego.
There was also a bizarre thing where a guy who looked like a modern day cowboy came out of the shop in this garage in the middle of nowhere. He lit a rolled up cigarette, crossed the road, and proceeded to walk into the desert. There was a thing out there we could see, so goodness knows where he was going.
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