Wet Wet
Wet !!! Who says it never rains in Southern California ? (I know, I know - I am in Northern Caifornia now, but that is not what the song says !!!) Started raining as soon as I
left Laguna Seca and has now been raining for 3 days while the rest of my route
out through Colorado is basking under 70 degrees and blue skies with all
mountain passes currently open !! Hope it stays that way next week when I get
out there.
Yesterday was so wet that apart from dressing up in
waterproofs and walking round the area immediately round the motel, I hardly
set foot outside, and Elsie stayed covered up in the rain outside the motel
room.
But that gave me a chance to catch up on the blog
and do my much needed laundry after 7 days in the tent ! Today (Thursday) was
slightly better weatherwise, and Kiyoshi from the Golden Gate Lotus Club met me
around lunch time and kindly took me to many of the sights around the city,
despite many of the views being blocked out by the rain and fog. Such a shame
because it really is a city with so much character, what with the steep hills
(think Bullitt and Steve McQueen in his Mustang), amazing apartments and
houses, the harbour and all the parks in the area. Never mind, after
all it is also renowned for its fog !! Then at
about 7.30 pm we met up with Rahul, Daniel, Bill, Tom, and Cherie from the club
for a pizza and chat about Lotii in general, and S1's in particular. And also
about which roads over the Sierra mountains might be passable by the time these
current storms have passed by and dumped all their snow, so I can find an
acceptable way to Vegas. I guess I will be spending lot of time checking road
conditions on the internet over the next couple of days. More heavy rain is
actually forecast for tomorrow, but if I get the chance I will go back into the
city and try and get some photos of Elsie on Lombard Street and on some of the
steeper hills in the city. I wasn't in Elsie today due to the weather - Kiyoshi
and I went in his (supercharged !) V8 pick up truck instead !
Anyway, will see what weather comes tomorrow, and
will try and get more interesting pics to post up instead of just the Golden
Gate Bridge !!
