We've gotten 22" inches of snow up here at Sequoia Natl Park in Central Calif, so am imagining that SoCal is getting rain. Hopefully it won't last too long for Alin, and he'll enjoy his stay. And hopefully he'll post after it's all done so we know how it went!
PS - When you're at 7,500ft in a national park, you don't mind the snow. It's beautiful outside; "God's in his heaven & all's right w/ the world" (or will be until I have to shovel the drive while my sister the park ranger is busy trying to keep the tourists from slip-sliding off the road & down the mountainside).
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Sharon