real weather in socal??
was beginning to think that i'd have to leave southern california if i ever wanted to see lightning again, or hear some decent-sounding thunder for that matter. i'm into rain, but it has to be real rain. none of this los-angeles-spitting-fog stuff, but real rain complete with that blinding-flashing-thing-in-the-sky-that-leaves-a-permament-imprint-on-my-eardrum stuff.

like friday night, for example. we, my roommate and i, were heading up to big bear. from the moment we hit the 110, pretty much until we started going up the mountain, we had real rain. lightning that began in one place and forked seemingly across a quarter of the horizon. thunder that was so loud it was audible on the freeway, driving freeway speed, with rain hitting the windshield. life was good, and nature made me giddy, once again. it turned out to be beginning of what would be another great few days of existance.

boarding on saturday proved to be one of the best days of boarding i've had. snow was great, partly cloudy, and bear mountain was 100% open. i was stoked, because that meant that bear peak was open. geranimo, the only run (besides backcountry) on bear peak, hadn't been open for seemingly years. not once all last season, and not enough the season before that i got a chance to hit it. and, not only was it open, but coverage was great and not many people were on it (that whole nagging double-black-diamond thing...)

besides that being open, andy and i were riding well (read: FAST) and practicing (with much success..) our jumping.

to top it off, when we started making our way down the mountain, at the end of the day, it began to snow.

there's just something magical about seeing snow fall. something about seeing an array of white matter gently float right before your eyes. just kinda hang there, and slowly, as if on it's own little schedule, make it's way to the ground. it swirls and bends, and is noiseless. it's calming.

sigh

it's calming just to write about...

well, we hit 3k feet, snow turned to rain, and i was left to stash that back in the memory banks and join the rest of california on the 10 freeway.i dunno, maybe it it snowed more around these parts we wouldn't have so many angry people around here...

so, whatever, my drive to high school youth group on sunday morning was.... engaging.... i'm just glad i have a truck with good tires. so many cars, sliding all over the 405, trying to drive as if it was sunny and mild. i'm not going to complain this time. i'm just glad i got to my destination without making any sudden contact.

oh, and la nina?? whatever.... not this year...