Thursday, December 11, 2008

Fog

It's winter time here in Central Cal and one of the things that we deal with around here this time of year is the fog. The picture above I took this morning as I went out to get the paper, it is of my street and as you can see, you can't see to far down the road, on a clear day you can see the corner but not today. This makes for horrible driving conditions, especially once you get out on the highways, which was proven yesterday with a 65 car pile up. When it gets really bad like this CHP officers will pace traffic on the highways. After living out here for so many years now, you get used to driving in this thick fog, going somewhere at night can be an adventure. You get to counting road side reflectors, especially just before your exit, 4, 3, 2, 1 and your exit is there. Nothing like driving in the fog with your window down, no music, since you have to strain your ear to listen for oncoming traffic before you cross a road. No winter snow here, but plenty of winter fog.