Sebastopol Times ·
The fog is thinning over West County
There’s a window most mornings in June when Coleman Valley Road goes from full sun to soft gray inside a quarter mile, and the air gets so wet your bumpers bead before you crest the next rise. Out past Occidental, the redwoods stand with their crowns dipped into cloud, the sword ferns underneath them dripping like it just rained. By mid-morning, the marine layer slides back toward Bodega Head, and the canyon air smells like salt and bay laurel. For anyone who grew up west of 116, that’s what summer is.