H O T. There's not much in the way of cooling off at SLI aside from popping into the office, Pach, or the Real Goods Store and enjoying some of the benefits of passive solar design. Otherwise, the best way to cool off up here is to head to the river. There's a "beach" that's walking distance from the property which we frequent - it's convenient, easy to get to and takes about 10 min to get there. However, we've tried something new lately - driving down 101 to the various swimming holes to find some even better swim spots.
We weren't quite sure where to go, but we had an idea. You can generally see people either parked on the side of the road or getting back into their car donning swim suits or the occasional innertube (for floating down the river). This gave us a few different options to choose from for the first attempt.
Now, it's not as easy to get to these swim spots as it is to get to the one by SLI - you have to earn your swim hole! This involves steep, rocky paths laden with poison oak. It was a bit daunting at first, (especially if you're the one holding a pack of brewskies) but not bad once you got the hang of it. Side stepping is key.
If there was a temperature exactly opposite the blazing hot heat outside, we found it. The water was ice cold. So cold that it's hard to get used to - you have to really work at it, thought it still it feels amazing once you get out. The best is swimming to a massive rock in the sun, climbing it, and laying out to warm up after you effectively froze your butt off.
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| Brandon & Eric - the brave first 2 in the water, racing to the rock |
We've only tried this once but we'd like to make it a weekly thing, trying new spots each time. Perhaps we'll find the most epic swim holes even the locals don't know about .... then we'll draw up a treasure map of sorts to pass on to the new crew of interns .... I smell a new project.
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