Roadside play-on-words: Have a COOL day!

Have a cool day!

Next to Highway 49 in front of Cool's fire station at the CA 49/St. Florian Court junction

“Have a cool day in Cool, California!” California has many cool places. But residents of which place can take pride in living in a community officially named Cool? Those of El Dorado County's unincorporated community of Cool, a few miles south of Auburn and about 40 miles east of Sacramento. And what is so cool there? Well, from a recreationalist's point of view, it is the access (just from behind the fire station) to the Auburn State Recreation Area (ASRA)—a “playground” for equestrians, mountain bikers and day hikers. Cool is the gateway to the Olmstead Loop Trail (named for Dan Olmstead) and all those other trails that intersect with this loop trail or branch away towards the American River. The trails traverse meadows and open oak woodland. On a hot day you want to bring a lot of water to stay cool around Cool. Shade and cooler air is found in the canyons of Knickerbocker Creek and Salt Creek which have dense, riparian vegetation.
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