3,870′, Wall Spring;
early Friday morning and CR33…
after Empire a snowy 447, briefly…
7,239′, Donner Summit;
down the other side was a reminder of why Friday’s such a suck day to cross the Valley
but made it anyway to the damp by the bay.
39′, 120 West H Street, Benicia;
After a 28th anniversary celebration of Thai food Saturday and friends bringing a pear and chocolate panettone with a bit more wine than I’d become accustomed to on Sunday it was
Vallejo the next day to have the Tundra hosed down, still finding, even after a lifetime spent
mostly hereabouts, something disconcerting about so much green coming up so soon after
New Year’s even if the mornings promised rains…somewhere
but rarely here.
Further to the east abruptly segued into avalanche season, vicariously experienced by
implication thanks to Caltrans’ cameras, ever a winter obsession here, 39′ above sea level [tides depending].
Welcome back to the Bay Area where, despite advances in technology, weather prediction has declined in accuracy. Braving light mist with a rain forecast of 20% yesterday we got soaked walking to the harbor for breakfast. After eating we waited for a downpour to abate, then got re-soaked on the short walk home when another rogue downpour dumped on us!
Glad to see we’re getting moisture after a December drought but, like you, all the green is a bit disconcerting….knowing it may become fire fuel this summer. And there are avalanches in the Sierra while most ski slopes were recently covered with rocks and weeds? Odd.
Well…. I guess we just roll with it, along with other 2024 oddities like A.I. powered politics. Yikes.
nothing like numbers to orient us
happy 28th, that was a desert experience!!
And a fortuitous one; knowing what we know now [or then, knowing that people would show up] we were incredibly lucky not to have been trying to do that in freezing mud…or worse! Phew.
I love it when there is just a whisper of green. It is always startling when everything is vivid green. The other day in Monterey, we had 99% humidity but no precipitation…who needs it!