Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley December Issue November 14, 2006 (840 words in text) Winter Means Weekend Day Trips As the seasons change and Tule Fog returns to the Valley, many of us embrace a local tradition: escaping to the Central Coast. The consistent temperatures and afternoon sun from Pismo to Monterey are hard to resist in the heat of summer or the fog-shrouded winter. The days might begin foggy along the coast, but it just makes the afternoon sun all the more wonderful. Pismo Beach markets itself as “Classic California,” and that’s exactly where you go on the Web to plan your escape. Direct your browser to http://www.classiccalifornia.com/ for the city’s tourism guide. If a beautiful picture of the pier at sunset doesn’t get your attention, the local weather report probably will. Sunny and 65 degrees has a way of enticing me to the beach in December. To rub it in a bit, the Pismo site has been posting both the Valley weather forecast and the Pismo forecast. N...
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