Windier, colder and wetter.

   When I park my car for my daily walk around Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, I generally (but not absolutely always) park my car in one of two places; either midway on the lake's east side, or on its' southeast corner.
   As I begin my walk, I soon approach the area pictured below, and if I were to close my eyes and forget where I walk almost daily, I would still know when I am nearing this area, as the weather here is always a bit different from the other parts of the path around the lake. I don't know why the weather is a bit different here; it's not closer to the ocean, at a higher elevation, nor can I tell that there are any less trees here to block the sea breeze, but it is definitely different, and it is colder.
   When I approach this corner while I am walking, I will often readjust my scarf (if I am wearing one) and wipe my head from the foggy moisture which often drips from the tree seen in the middle left of the picture. I don't notice it being cooler on those rare warm days when I am walking here (there are probably about five to six of those yearly), but on those other chilly days, it's always more of everything that makes western San Francisco notable, referenced in the title to this blog entry.

Bundle up!