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On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:53:29 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

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I know. We were in sunny Santa Cruz and also on the Oregon coast.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/california/...nta%20Cruz.jpg




Problem is come in the summer. Best weather on the coast here is winter.
Except for infrequent rain storms, is sunny at the coast. And when we get
large storms way out at sea, is great to take a day over to the coast to
watch huge breakers. When we get the 20-25' swells.

We were in California in June and Oregon in July. (separate trips)
The beach was freezing both times. Oregon was in the 50s and low 60s
at the beach. Inland was a lot warmer and the Gorge (Columbia river
near Mt Hood) was "Florida hot". Up on the mountain was a lot cooler.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Oregon/Mt%2...0Mt%20Hood.jpg
This is near the Timberline Lodge where "The Shining" was filmed.

When we got down to San Diego/LaJolla the weather was very pleasant,
mid 70s but the water is still pretty cold.


The inland heat during the summers pulls in the ocean fog and breezes.
Since the water is cold here, you get cold beaches in the summer up north
California. Winter is cold in the inland valleys so nice beach weather.
We have been in Carmel at 5 pm in February on the beach and 75 degrees.
Water still cold.