It seems that photos of Lake Tahoe grace the covers of American magazines more than ever. It must be that editors know that an edition with a picture of crystal clear waters framed by majestic mountains inspires viewers and they reach for the photo, unconsciously hoping to find the same tranquility among its pages.
On the racks, currently, is SUNSET, the venerable magazine of the West. While the East swelters in the summer heat and humidity, the West Coast basks in serenely dry, cool air bestowed on California by the Pacific Ocean's Humboldt current: the river of offshore water that descends from Alaska bringing low temperatures that modify the summer's heat.
Off Japan, it's known as the Kuroshio Current and heads north. The earth's rotation bends it at the Aleution Islands and sends it south to California. How nice, how lucky we are to live in California.
So, my fellow Tahomans, enjoy the remaining weeks (3) of summer. Enjoy our lake, buy the magazine just for the photo-the article was a little light. The long weekend of Labor Day is half over: be safe, stay sober, drive home early to avoid the traffic jam.
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