A Special Year

A few months ago, I wrote about a special day that comes but once a year in San Francisco. That is the one day of the year when three environmental conditions come together: the temperature is high, the winds are low, and the fog is non-existent. These conditions may be common in the east part of the city, and one of these at a time may frequently occur in the west end, but to have all three by the Ocean is very rare indeed. That day came a few months back and I wrote about how the masses converge on both Ocean and Baker Beaches to enjoy the heat and sunshine.
Well, this must be a special year because that day has come again... twice. The last two days have been incredible here in San Francisco. Temperatures today rose to above 100 F, something that is almost unheard of. While we and our students cooked in our 40 student classrooms, sweating in the stifling heat, we all had the same thought on our minds: let's get to the beach! So, as soon as we got out of school, we raced down to pick you up, Rai, and drove over to Baker Beach. Parking was tough, but we know the 'secret' locals only access to the Beach so we were okay.
Down on the sand, you enjoyed playing in the creek that cuts across the Beach to the Ocean. Even more interesting for you was people watching. There were hundreds out in the sun and a walk down the length of the Beach showed us that the nude end of the Beach was no exception. Plenty of folks were showing off their goods shamelessly. Hey, we have nothing against these naturalist ways... our thoughts went back to Lake Bohinj in Slovenia. Another life.