The Weather/The RV Park

The weather here is so strange. We live about 30 miles north of San Luis Obispo (SLO) where we work. To get to work we go down a long 7% grade. At the top of "the grade" it can be 100 degrees. It's been 100 degrees every day where we live. As soon as we drive down the grade (that's what the locals call it), the temperature drops to mid-70's. When you drive 10 miles further west to the beach, it's mid-60's. This is all in the middle of the day. In Paso Robles, where we live, about an hour-and-a-half before sunset, the temperature drops dramatically. Most nights that we have off we open the windows because the temperature at night is mid-50's. I love the evenings here. There aren't a lot of bugs. I like to sit outside and watch the sun set over the next hill. It doesn't rain between April and December, so you never have to worry about getting rained out of something. Unfortunately, there aren't any RV parks in SLO. The weather there is perfect. Our main breaker has flipped several times. On Saturday, we went whale watching and to the coast. When we got back, the breaker had flipped and it felt hotter inside than out (it was 106 outside). It took Harley 4 hours to stop panting. The owners of the RV park don't work on weekends. They're supposed to change the breaker today. We're looking into RV parks in the beach areas, but so far they're all booked until mid September. The RV park is really, really nice. It does have a pool that we can cool off in and a hot tub for those cool evenings. On July 4th, they gave us a nice dinner and we watched the town fireworks from the clubhouse. The fireworks went off right across the street. The RV park is the only one in the area that has grass. Beside each site there is a large enough area of grass to put a picnic table in. Because it doesn't rain, it costs them a lot to have grass. They told us that they are pretty flexible with most of the rules as long as you don't do anything to the grass. The dogs, Joy especially, have had a hard time adjusting. Joy still isn't very keen about doing her business in the dirt.