California snow … in May!
May 22, 2008 – Three days ago it was 104 degrees as I commuted to a project near Moreno Valley in Southern California. Today I left Santa Ana in the midst of a near flash flood. The rain was coming down so hard I had to turn around at Tustin Ave. or risk being swept away in a river of water crossing the road. Wild weather for Southern California … even in winter.
At 8:30pm — on my way home — I pull off at Moreno Beach Dr for gas. ($4.17/gallon, by the way). I see what looks like dirt on the side of the road … lots of it … and it appears to be steaming. I realize, as my lights hit it, that it’s white. I realize that it’s snow. Lots of it.
There’s a good 4 inches of snow covering the ground, everywhere. It covers the plants, has piled up in the parking lot, it’s everywhere.
So, like any good west coaster, I act like I’ve never seen snow before in my life and take cell phone pictures of it … and then post them to the blog. (Wouldn’t you?)
In other news, I bought 2 airplane tickets from Florence, Italy to Romania today for approximately 3 cents total (2 euro cents to be exact), including tax. Now I just have to figure out how to get to Florence .. and how to get out of Romania. (Yes, it was one of those random days.)