And it looks like a beautiful day for a drive. Often when I leave LA heading east, there's a thick marine layer, and clouds that don't break up until Palm Springs, but it's blue sky and mountains all the way from the beach today.

This is the most beautiful time of year in southern CA. There's been a lot of rain and the hillsides are green in a way that they only get for a few weeks, spangled with yellow mustard flowers that make their greenness look all the brighter from a distance.

If I see anything worth taking a picture of on the trip, I'll post later.

Yes! This a beautiful time in California. With enough rain, everything is green. About eight years ago my wife and I drove from Arizona to California through Death Valley so that we could see real desert. Surprise! Death Valley can be very green with enough rain.

Will have to go again after a long drought.