038/365 09/28/2025

A hot, dry wind blew out of Death Valley, swirling across Bakersfield parking lots and intersections, through vacant shopping centers. It blew candy wrappers and waxed paper from fast food stands and dotted chainlink with patterns like braille. Cross winds on the 58 shimmied tractor trailers and kicked little whitecaps across sections of the Kern River. All in all, it was less than lovely.