Friday: Life's a Beach

As long as we were stuck at the beach, unable to drive home because of snowy and icy roads blocked by stranded and crashed cars, we decided to go on a walk along the boardwalk in Pacific Beach. So while the snowplows growled and rumbled up in the mountains, we enjoyed scenes like this after the storm:



This view looks south; on the left you can see the Pacific Beach Pier on a glorious day after a rare San Diego County blizzard in the inland mountains.



This view looks northward, catching the lifeguard tower flag and the many homes crouched on top of the Bird Rock area, just south of La Jolla. Such a beautiful day made it difficult for us to think of driving home to snow in a few hours.

I have additional beach shots on my 365 Extras Blog if you're interested.

We ended up coming home to very little snow -- most of it had melted as temperatures climbed into the mid-50s. It was difficult to believe that temps had plummeted to 16 degrees overnight.