A gentle fall in the Valley

While most of the country north experience freezing temperature and snow storms, Sacramento Valley in the far west still enjoys a mild weather of autumn and spring.

In fact, most part of California coasts and valleys does not have a true winter like the rest of the country. It only has a long gentle fall that morphs into an early spring that make outdoor activities possible year round. It does cold a couple of months and trees shed their leaves like the rest of the country.

The downside, early spring means the grasses dry early in summer that makes California burning hot in the news.

To enjoy winter snow, you’ll have to drive to the mountains, like resort Lake Tahoe or the mountainous north. Actually, Only in California Tahoe, I have seen the tallest snow pile in the country — as high as the roof of a house — where the roads and home is connected by a dug vehicle path but the house itself hiding from the street.

When it comes to climate and weather, and terrain and topography this Golden State has it all. The highest point in the continental U.S. and the lowest point of the country are in this state — Mount Whitney and Death Valley, respectively.


Introducing you to California State University (CSU) Sacramento, one of the 23 campuses of CSU. These pictures are from a walk on the campus on December 5th, 2021 — the same morning where California International Marathon(CIM) had a running race with ten of thousands of runner participated under a looming global pandemic.

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