Quit Griping About the Cold Weather!

To say that it was not warm on today's hike would be a gross understatement. It was at least as cold as if not colder when the muddle puddles in the trail were frozen solid during our December 8, 2009 hike.

The outside thermometer on Dick Jordan's car registered 42 degrees when he arrived at the Lake Lagunitas parking lot, and just 46 degrees when we finished our hike.

But, per this story on The Slatest, we could have been hiking in the Antarctic where +42 F would have felt balmy compared to the -135.8 F record lowest-on-earth temperature recorded there.

Early morning frost warnings in Marin should end by Friday of this week, and it should reach a pleasant 62 degrees (above zero) when we hike at Point Reyes National Seashore next Tuesday.