Happy Spring 2023 to Everyone
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Stefan Mikes
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Sorry, for me the new season starts at the Autumn Equinox
DaveMatthews
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From my Saturday ride...
Prairie Dog
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Can’t tell here either but I’m just having too much fun to really care. 
DaveMatthews
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Diggin' it!
Jeremy McCreary
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Here in coastal San Diego County, we get 2 big astronomical events in early spring. The first is of course the March equinox, when the sun sets exactly due west, 270° from true north. The 2nd is "Scrippshenge" a few weeks later.
The "Scripps" part comes from Scripps pier — a research pier owned and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the north end of La Jolla Shores, 16 miles south of our home in Carlsbad.
The pier points 18° north of true west. As the direction of sunset swings slowly north from the March equinox, there comes a day in early April when the sun sets directly between the Scripps pier pilings. That's Scrippshenge, and on that afternoon, photographers cover every square inch of sand beneath the pier. (Photo lifted from internet.)
We'll be there to celebrate — just looking for the right sacrifice-free pagan ritual.
The "Scripps" part comes from Scripps pier — a research pier owned and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the north end of La Jolla Shores, 16 miles south of our home in Carlsbad.
The pier points 18° north of true west. As the direction of sunset swings slowly north from the March equinox, there comes a day in early April when the sun sets directly between the Scripps pier pilings. That's Scrippshenge, and on that afternoon, photographers cover every square inch of sand beneath the pier. (Photo lifted from internet.)
We'll be there to celebrate — just looking for the right sacrifice-free pagan ritual.
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Scrippshenge looks amazing, I bet it draws a crowd on the day of the event. We still have about 2' of snow in the bush here, but the sap in the maple trees is starting to flow, a harbinger of better days ahead.
Most of our paved roads have quite a bit of sand on them, as they are heavily sanded as a traction aid during the Winter; it will take a couple of good rains to clear them off. I usually wait until the temperatures get above 10C, 50F, before I get the bike out, usually sometime in mid April.
Most of our paved roads have quite a bit of sand on them, as they are heavily sanded as a traction aid during the Winter; it will take a couple of good rains to clear them off. I usually wait until the temperatures get above 10C, 50F, before I get the bike out, usually sometime in mid April.
Slaphappygamer
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That’s cool your pier is still up. We lost ours in the last storm, in Capitola.
Jeremy McCreary
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Monterey Bay seem to have been right in the bullseye for most of this winter's Pacific stormfest. You should complain to the management.
We've usually had glancing blows, but one of the big December storms damaged the Oceanside pier. Lots of rain here, but nothing like in Central and Northern California, and much less flooding.
.. and happy Autumn to others, including me!
Jeremy McCreary
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I know I shouldn't be a Northern Hemisphere chauvinist. And I'm sure you Southern Hemisphere folks have good reasons for how you do things. But autumn in March while driving on the left? Really?
;^}
We definitely have our reasons!
Stefan Mikes
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Upside-down...
I wonder which way the water spins when their toilets flush?
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