By Kristina Morgan
The three mountain ranges separating Lake
Chapala from Guadalajara and the lake with its cool
breezes makes this a paradise for those of us who live here in 74 degree
average temps year ‘round. National Geographic rated it as the second best
climate in the WORLD, after Nairobi,
Kenya.
If you’ve read anything at all about the Lake Chapala
area, word about the micro-climate has surely popped up more than once. Guadalajara calls itself
the ‘Land of Eternal Spring.’ That’s pretty darn good, right? What could be
better than that?!
Lake
Chapala’s micro-climate.
I lived in a town just over the mountain from Chapala for a number
of years and at first I was a skeptic about there being a big difference in the
weather until I realized that during the winter there was frost on our
windshield in the winter and no one from west of Ajijic to Riberas del Pilar
outside of Chapala had that problem! I dressed in layers in the winter, too and
would peel off my sweater in the car as I came over the mountain and rounded
the bend to Lake Chapala.
It is also cooler in the warmer months.
I was once a skeptic but I’ve been cured. Raised in Texas and having spent 10 years in Colorado
before moving to Mexico,
I know what hot and humid is and I know what cold is. After being spoiled here
I can’t imagine living in either place again.
We just moved to Chapala,
and though it technically isn’t in the micro-climate we were able to tell a big
difference immediately. I can’t imagine how much better it would be if I lived
within what is technically considered the micro-climate.
What a unique and interesting place we live in! Viva Lake
Chapala!