Thanks Global Warming!
 

This past Sunday looked to be a nice day here so I decided to make a run up PCH to the Carmel area.

I did it in my shirt sleeves, didn't even need a jacket... 75F in January! If this is Global Warming I'll take more of it! :thumbsup

The surf was really high so you get some mist along the shore, I tasted salt more than once.

http://i.imgur.com/DXhAq7K.jpg



The Big Creek Bridge, it's a pretty unique structure being it's free-standing, it's not attached to the sides of the gorge in any way, it uses a slip-joint at each end to connect the roadway.

http://i.imgur.com/BAduezG.jpg



A (hopefully) permanent solution to the problem of The Devil's Slide, although it does take some of the fun out of the trip when you don't have to dodge falling boulders anymore.

http://i.imgur.com/7foxXjv.jpg



Point Sur Lighthouse just north of Big Sur, I could live there.

http://i.imgur.com/mcbXh00.jpg



The Bixby Bridge a few miles south of Carmel Highlands, built around 1932, one of my favorite old bridges.

http://i.imgur.com/QWd6FX6.jpg

All in all it was a near perfect day to take a ride, it was warm, I saw a bunch of whale spouts as I was riding along, the beaches between San Simeon and the Piedras Blancas lighthouse were covered with Elephant Seals.
I passed so many other bikes it was nearly impossible to get my left hand on the grip long enough to use my clutch and change gears :1orglaugh

http://i.imgur.com/4HsNENO.jpg

BTW this really has nothing to do with Global Warming, warm perfect days like that have been happening in the wintertime along the California coast for as long as anybody can remember. But the term "Global Warming" is such a dog-whistle for some gfy members that I really just couldn't resist.

You can blame any lectures and harangues on me :)

hah, nice..... totally agree, saturday was fucking spectacular, if this is global warming, I'm cool with that.

I was watching a History Channel special and saw a segment on building this bridge. So many people were dying that contractors turned to volunteer prison labor to finish it . Total cost an unbelievable $400,000.

God hates me :(

was almost 80 here :1orglaugh winter was here like two days. october was hot :disgust

You understand that while 75F in January is nice, that will translate into warmer temps inland during the summer. When you have two months of 105F weather sixty miles from the coast, well, that sucks.

In Phoenix one year it hit 122F. Imagine what happens when it hits 112F in Los Angeles.

i thought death valley moved its boundaries :1orglaugh swear to god you could fry an egg :helpme the news did one :1orglaugh

Was it an episode of Modern Marvels? I remember watching that some years ago while I was living in South Florida and getting more and more homesick.
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I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, 105 is a normal summer day. I remember one day I was working on the farm in the sun when the DJ came on the radio saying it was 113, meh.

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of these are raw pictures, theyre really lovely. i could sit and watch the view from the top at the light house with a bucket of beer along side.

My point is... That's no longer going to be "the high" but instead the daily average. People will get used to it - Folks in Phoenix deal with it - but they will hate it. California is what it is because of the weather; When the weather gets unbearable people will hate it or move.

I couldn't stand Phoenix. Fuck that shit. And now they have the dust storms? Seriously, fuck that.

Global warming has to do with not oxidizing the bottom of the ocean by cold currents, hence dangerous gases are being released in the water and the air resulting in total death on Earth. You still want global warming??? I do.. Hope everybody dies! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Dust storms like interstellar?

Most Scenic!

Nice ride and pics

looks like a fun day :)

Nice pics

time to see a psychiatrist?

Nice view. :)

Awesome. *yoink*


I know a few people who need to see it.

edit: I especially love the "year-round depression" in the upper NW. Nice touch. :D

Beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing.

Amazing pics!

Beautiful pics :thumbsup

awesome pics buddy!

Apparently you can get up there it's actually on a closed military base, it's currently undergoing restoration but every time I go by the gate is closed :(

Did someone get a shiny new toy for Christmas? Now isn't that special.
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Milk and cookies in the kitchen!

It's practically in my back yard, I'd live in Big Sur if it didn't cost a freakin' fortune.
You noticed I had to get at least one pic of my scoot in there. :winkwink:
Thanks all, I'm really surprised at how well the pics turned out considering I snapped them on my phone and the sun was so bright I couldn't see what I was shooting, I could barely make out the shutter button. :1orglaugh