Weather Patterns

It's true, Bodega Bay is not always the sunniest locale. We've come to learn and appreciate the "seasons" here and even to anticipate them. We now know to have the sunny clear skies means we'll endure some serious wind conditions. And the with the fog comes a calm that can be down right eerie. We literally watch the fog roll in over the head and then roll back out again, sometimes repeatedly, till it finally takes over the entire town and moves several miles inland. We share our funky weather with San Francisco. You know the famous Twain quote about the coldest winter ever seen was a summer in San Franciso...that's almost as true for Bodega Bay.

We do get our fair share of those perfect days - light breeze, clear skies, 75 degrees - they happen in middle of winter between the major, electricity-ending storms that last a few days at a time. We get enough of them to know and remember they exist when we are socked in with a fog so heavy, the seawall three feet outside the door is hardly visible.

Ahhh, mother nature...you devil, you!

An Anniversary Celebration!

Last night Bob and I shared a beautiful meal with our good friends Eric, Matt and Pam. We are so lucky to have landed in a place with people like these three! We toasted 3 years on the Sonoma Coast and enjoyed a great bottle of wine and a not so great bottle of wine (it happens) and most of all, the company of great friends.