Damp
Carp Sewers
Carpenteria, Calif.
July 3rd, 2010
Its California, more or less Southern CA for arguments sake. Geographically & culturally I suppose that that could be dabated. Though admittedly we have enough fake boobs, spray on tans, former child actors, 300 days of surf, and enough broken dreams in Ventuckey to qualify as SoCal. Anyhow I digress, its California, SoCal really. And we all know it doesn't rain much in SoCal. In fact it rains even less in the middle of a 7 year drought in SoCal. Which is what we are in the middle of, except of course that the 7 year drought has so far last 12 dusty miserable years.
The rain we do get is traditionally quick and painless and falls from Christmas through Valentine's Day. Lately though we have gotten considerably more of the liquid sunshine then in decades past. It was a miserable winter rain wise. It felt like it never stopped. Thankfully its summer now; 4th of July coming up, burgers & BBQs on the beach, climbing and flat water surfing for the foreseeable surfing. Sunny and 75 until Halloween. I couldn't wait.
So imagine my surprise when I hike out to my favorite climbing spot and discover it to be just a tad damp. So much for summer...
Carp Sewers
Carpenteria, Calif.
July 3rd, 2010
Its California, more or less Southern CA for arguments sake. Geographically & culturally I suppose that that could be dabated. Though admittedly we have enough fake boobs, spray on tans, former child actors, 300 days of surf, and enough broken dreams in Ventuckey to qualify as SoCal. Anyhow I digress, its California, SoCal really. And we all know it doesn't rain much in SoCal. In fact it rains even less in the middle of a 7 year drought in SoCal. Which is what we are in the middle of, except of course that the 7 year drought has so far last 12 dusty miserable years.
The rain we do get is traditionally quick and painless and falls from Christmas through Valentine's Day. Lately though we have gotten considerably more of the liquid sunshine then in decades past. It was a miserable winter rain wise. It felt like it never stopped. Thankfully its summer now; 4th of July coming up, burgers & BBQs on the beach, climbing and flat water surfing for the foreseeable surfing. Sunny and 75 until Halloween. I couldn't wait.
So imagine my surprise when I hike out to my favorite climbing spot and discover it to be just a tad damp. So much for summer...
Flooded.
Pond.
Scum.
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