(Coarsegold, CA): While it has definitely cooled off in the past couple of days, the prediction is to be back around the 80’s in a couple of days. If I have to wear shoes (instead of flip flops) it will be too cold for me. Jeans, and maybe a light jacket, in the morning (to walk the dog) is as cool as I would like it.
The park we are in is a membership / co-op built into the foothills of Yosemite. It’s nice but too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter (they get snow –ugh). The spaces are well designed and have a lot of high dessert vegetation and critters (snakes and tarantulas – both big on OUR list). There is even a dog park of sorts – dry, dusty acreage on a hill. Karma loves it – being free with a ball – what more could she want.
But the “small town” atmosphere of everyone knowing everyone would drive me nuts. I like the anonymity of the big city. Seeing new places and meeting new people that’s good; what’s bad is getting shoddy service but not knowing it for miles (or hundreds of miles). I got my bike’s flat tires repaired just before we left Quincy. Then 2 days later when I took it down off the rack, they were flat again.
Now that we are on our own agenda – granddaughter is back in Alaska after her month at OTIS (in LA) this summer. We spent 6 weeks bonding with the 3, almost 4, year old grandson in Quincy CA. Now we need to figure out our routines.
