Sunny California

With all the snowstorms and crazy weather the different states are getting, I know how easy it is to wish you were in sunny California. Well, California isn't having the sunniest weather right now. Mr. Sun has been hiding a lot more and when he does come out he's not very bright. Maybe California should be called snowy California right now?! These pictures were taken when we were going up and over the mountains towards Los Angeles, which is about 30 minutes from our house. We were amazed at how much snow the mountains had gotten in just a few days of cold weather and rain. The clouds were so thick and dense that we couldn't see the top of the snow covered mountains!
With all the snow the mountains are getting, Bakersfield is getting a lot of rain and wind. The other morning there was a school delay because there was an 8 foot wall of tumbleweeds blocking the road. I thought that sounded crazy, but today when we went on a walk with the dogs we saw this......

There was a big pile of tumbleweeds that had gathered in a concrete drainage area. I couldn't get the width of all the tumbleweeds because I was trying to take a picture through the chain fence but there were a lot of those huge, dead weeds.

Already this year, the weather throughout the country has been crazy. I'm hoping that California gets sunny and fast!!