October - The new Rain & Fog season

As we work our way through this month of October getting closer to the Halloween celebration it is a time where we start a new raining season (Oct.1). That is the official day of the new 12 month period, it is the same in Colorado where we moved from but there it starts the official "snow" season. This also marks the time of year where we have our most foggy months of October and November.

Anyway as the temperature starts to finally cool down more with highs in the low 60's the ground and water temperature are finally starting to give up the heat. With the Willamette river running right through Salem it provides some great fog in the morning! Also anywhere that there is still good day heating of the ground and the moisture in the air we get all kinds of pockets of ground fog. So far I have never seen it so thick you could barely see the front of your car, usually get a good 100 yards or better most of the time for visibility.

Well, with this all said I was commuting into work via the bicycle and always carry a little point-and-shoot camera just in case. So going across the Center street bridge I stopped to shoot a few shots of the fog on the bridge. This one included is a shot looking northerly towards the Marion street bridge which in distance is about 100 yards away! I was sitting directly over the Willamette river so the fog was even better. You can not even see the cars on the bridge going West....just the shadow of the bridge in the fog. Just thought I would share with you something many, but not all go through this time of year.

Stay safe and Happy Halloween!

Tim