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    Quote Originally Posted by Tradd View Post
    Interesting article in the NYT today. Thought of this thread.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/u...e=articleShare
    Yes, I read that. Personally I don't understand people who go out hiking in such temperatures. Anything over about 85 and I'm not having fun anymore. Thankfully I have options like going to the coast where it's typically 10-20 degrees cooler than where we live. Or going out early in the morning before the heat becomes oppressive most days. As much as we like Palm Springs I hesitate to seriously consider retiring there because my summers of hiking would be made much more awkward/time consuming if I had to go ride the tram up to Mt. Jacinto every day for six months of the year to get some exercise. (Mt. Jacinto is near Palm Springs and accessible by a tram. It's a few thousand feet above the valley floor and way cooler than the valley as a result. In winter it has snow. In summer it's much more pleasant than the searing heat in the city of Palm Springs.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tradd View Post
    Interesting article in the NYT today. Thought of this thread.

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    Yes, I read that article as well... So sad.
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    JP, my sister and I took the tram in January and took winter coats so we could hike. It was really warm down below so most people didn’t have coats and had to stay inside once they arrived at the top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teacher Terry View Post
    JP, my sister and I took the tram in January and took winter coats so we could hike. It was really warm down below so most people didn’t have coats and had to stay inside once they arrived at the top.
    Yeah, the difference is remarkable. There was still a lot of snow up there in April one time that we went up. There's a lot of trails up there so if we do end up retiring there I'd undoubtetdly get an annual pass for the tram and by the end of the first summer would likely know all the trails well.

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    Today's walk, 10 mins ago, 6pm (WEST).

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    That looks lovely John!

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    Very nice, John! What are those granite columns in the second picture along the water?

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    Looks like it was a nice walk!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rosarugosa View Post
    Very nice, John! What are those granite columns in the second picture along the water?
    They're used for wine grapes.

    Here's some pictures I took today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Portuguese John Here View Post
    They're used for wine grapes.

    Here's some pictures I took today.

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    Cool! I never would have guessed that.

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