Winter in California

I seem to be doing a good job of catching up with my blogging tonight!

Just a quick comment on the weather: central California can get cold! The last few weeks have been settling into more wintery weather, which consists of a lot of very chilly fog, it seems. Minimum temperatures at the moment are in the low- to mid-single figures, with maxima in the low- to mid-teens (Celsius — I can't work in Fahrenheit, but fortunately the local weather website allows you to select Celsius as an option!). I nearly froze cycling into campus this morning in a light fog. When I got to the office the view was amazing as the Sun was shining faintly through the fog, looking just like the moon (white and one could look directly at it).

On my way home this afternoon, I stopped off at the local bike shop and bought a pair of thick, full-finger cycling gloves (my thin, fingerless, "normal" cycling gloves were close to useless this morning)!