I gotta say I’ve ran out of ammunition. I wanted to keep reminding everyone of the weather in LA . You know the sunny days , beautiful sunsets , shorts and tshirts everyday . Well , nah , I’m not bragging this time . We are having a real winter . In fact it is very Melbourne like and has been since mid December . I’m talking a Melbourne winter . I think it’s been above 18 degrees Celsius once in the last month . We’ve had multiple storms with days at a time with rain . It has been in stark contrast to our 1st winter here , which barely lasted more than a week . A consistent pattern of storms close in on what seems a 5 day rotation , lasting 2 to 3 days at a time and then retreating , leaving us with beautiful sunshine until a grey still creeps south , warning us with eerie sunsets the night before.
The rain tracks down the Pacific coast , slowly descending on LA . It creeps in without a wind change or a traditional ‘front’ that we are used to seeing in Melbourne .As it bared down on us this morning the Strand beach path was a hive of walkers , runners and cyclists , squeezing in that last bit of exercise before ‘housebound ‘time arrived . …..Then the grey sets in .
The surf has retreated as the storms tracking from Alaska hug the coast as they drop , failing to roll out into the Pacific to push swell back into the mainland .
LA has become bizarrely pretty , with a ring of mountains covered in snow ; you’d swear we’re in Denver or Salt Lake City 
, that is until you have to get out and drive , then you’l soon realise you’re not . On the rare day that I’ve been out in the water I’ve got cold , even more so when you look across to Malibu and see snow capped peaks hiding in the background. Hmmmm , shit I think I’ll have to get the booties out .
Tex will get the privilege he shouldn’t deserve by snow boarding on Mammoth Mountain next week . He’s fortunate to be going with another family who will take an RV and a group of kids up to a cabin for the week , with virtual ‘walk out the door to ski lift access . ‘ Mammoth has a base of 5 meters and 7 feet falling in 2 days last week, and with more falling now , it promises to be a trip of a lifetime . ……………. California , LA. I bet you never saw it like this
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