Tag Archives: Lake Lagunita
First Blush: Oh, there really is a sun
The female Dawn Jogger saw the sun rise this morning. That it rose is not the point. That she could see the sun after more than week of gray skies is. More rain is supposedly on the way Christmas Day. … Continue reading
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First Blush: Dodging rain drops
Rain on the bathroom skylight woke the female Dawn Jogger this morning. It was far from a pelting rain and she knew she’d have to gear up and get out. But by the time she dressed, it had stopped. That … Continue reading
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First Blush: Some days are for the birds
Maybe the female Dawn Jogger should have known it was going to be a day for the birds when she posted the flamingo story on InMenlo. No sooner had she descended into the tule fog that enveloped Lake Lagunita this … Continue reading
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First Blush: Payoff dawn sky
This was a morning that showed why it pays to jog a dawn. The clouds – possible precursor to same rain showers – were dazzling pink. The female DJ could see the promise of the dawn as she made her … Continue reading
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First Blush: Undelivered color show
When the female Dawn Jogger got up and saw all the clouds in the sky, she had high hopes of a brilliant sunrise this morning. The summer’s many days of overcast and the more recent hot, cloudless sky don’t produce … Continue reading
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First Blush: Heat wave gives way
The female Dawn Jogger learned years ago how you knew a heat was over on the mid-Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area – the fog descends over the western hills. Or most subtly, ground fog hovers over a dry … Continue reading
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First Blush: Working out with the X country team
There are usually few souls around when the female Dawn Jogger does her Tues/Thurs run-around-the-lake route. But this morning she saw cyclists pedaling to the area near the practice golf course and found herself joined by a horde of Stanford … Continue reading
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First Blush: Surreal lake scape
The female Dawn Jogger pronounces it’s been a two-speed summer. Her dawn runs have been either cloudy and grey or sunlight and cloudless. Net effect – no really spectacular sunrises. Today she got a surprise of another sort. While it … Continue reading
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First Blush: Mystery at Lake Lag this morning
There was a lot going on at dry Lake Lagunita this morning when the female Dawn Jogger ran along its western perimeter on her way to a up-and-over Big Dish run. For one, there was significant ground fog, not really … Continue reading
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First Blush: Along the banks of a lake that’s without water most of the time
The female Dawn Jogger has been jogging around Lake Lagunita for 20 years now. In the early years, it would actually be a lake for about half the year. But even before Stanford declared it’s no longer a recreational lake, … Continue reading
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