Under Gloomy Grey Cloudy Skys, A Google Street View Nicely Shows A Clutter Of Buildings And The ZMM Narrator’s “Sign-Strewn Road”

… It Was Cold “Grey Rainy Skies. When The ZMM Narrator & Chris Experiences This Depressing View, Which Is Typical of Most USA Towns and Cities.

…“The grey rainy skies and sign-strewn road descend to Crescent City, California, …. ” (Cont. Next)

1130 US-101 Highway, Northeast entrance to Crescent City, CA. The Narrator’s “view” of this town, literally, emotionally, and figuratively, is colored, and compounded, by his recall of Phaedrus’ very negative feelings concerning =>
…a) His physical surroundings in Gloomy Chicago,
…b) His very negative views on the teaching method he experienced at the University of Chicago. AND
…c) This is made worse by the Narrator’s remembering of => Phaedrus’ IN-tolerant, huge, negative reaction to the topic of Aristotle...
…d) AND this is made doubly worse by his memories of the brutal treatment of the “The innocent student,” by the University of Chicago Philosophy Professor.
…e) AND an added cause to the ZMM Narrator’s gloom, is the shock of hitting this messy Crescent City road environment ( /\ Above /\ Photo), a mere 12 miles after traveling thru the pristine forest ever since the Orgon-California border, and most especially The Redwood Forest, Simpson Reed Grove, Jedediah Smith State Park.

Except For Some Occasional, Very Cold, Coastal Fog (And Occasional Cold, Grey Skies), My Experience While I Was In California, Was Good Warm Summer Weather. This Is Quite Contrary To The Narrator & Chris’s Experience Along The California Coast.
…Although my forthcoming photos will show the changes from sunny warm skies to cold “grey rainy skies.” these photos do not often show the Narrator’s “grey rainy skies.“ This is because I was able to photograph ONLY A FEW scenes that “fit” the Narrator’s gloomy, foggy, rainy scenes.

….Contrary to my experience, the Narrator’s cold, rainy, bad weather, is indeed common along the coastal areas of California. … Cool coastal fog typically forms over the relatively cool Pacific Ocean. … And when this cool coastal fog moves inland, often extending for 20-40 miles, the land is cold, and under the fog there are grey rainy skies“ and no warmth from the sun.

Without The Cold Coastal Ocean Chilled Fog, The California Coast Can Be Very Pleasant, Similar To The Interior Of California, Where The Norm Is Sunshine All Day Every Day, In The Semi-Arid Landscapes.
…. Sometimes during these coastal fog conditions 20-40 miles inland. And on an otherwise sunny day, the penetrating heat from sun, will lift the fog well up off the ground. This condition is then experienced as overcast grey skies, and may be why the ZMM Narrator reports “grey rainy skies“, as they ride into Crescent City.

While Driving The California Coast FURTHER SOUTH, I DID Experience The Full Range Of Above Mentioned Fog Conditions, To Varying Degrees.
… …Pay attention, and in my forthcoming photos you will see this range of fog conditions .AND see what the ZMM Narrator & Chris likely experienced, in the always changing conditions of this “Cold, Grey Coastal California Fog”.

….New Topic: Back In 2002 As I Drove Into Crescent City, CA , I did my best to get a good photo of an awful “sign-strewn road,“ but didn’t much find “scenes” as bad as the Narrator suggests. Perhaps Crescent City back then had cleaned things up a bit.
…Lacking any photos of my own, In /\ Above /\ Photo is the best I could do for an awful “sign-strewn road“.

…NEXT PHOTO includes instructions how to Google Street View “DRIVE” the streets to the Pacific Ocean.
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(Photo = GoogStVu 1130 US-101 ZmmSignStrewnRoad NeEdgCrescentCityCA ZmmPt4PixAdd ..... ZMM Page = 328 .... WayPt = 416w ~0053ft)