Monday Morning!

I left Big Bear on Thursday afternoon to go to Palm Springs. I had a couple of doctors appointments to keep on Friday. It was such a beautiful drive down via the back way, Highway 18 to Camp Rock Road and then right on Old Woman Springs Road and on to Yucca Valley, Morongo and into Palm Springs.

The snow was so high along the roads leading out of Big Bear Valley. You have to be here to fathom the amount of snow that we have. I continue to have difficulty seeing out my office window because the snow is so high it blocks the road!

It was cool in Palm Springs and it felt like winter. Friday I saw the doctors and then did a little shopping. I ate out and then settled in for the evening. About 4:00 A M I awoke hearing very hard rain falling on the roof of my home. It was actually pouring down and it was loud! It rained most of Saturday. I ate breakfast at Coco's my favorite spot for breakfast in P.S. and then I went to the mall. You know going to a mall is nothing special...unless you don't have a mall! Of course, Big Bear doesn't so going to the mall in P.S. is exciting! No having to wear boots, gloves and a hat was also fun. If I were in Big Bear I would have to be bundled up to keep warm!

It was snowing in Big Bear while it was raining in P.S. so I decided to stay another night. The cats were with me so I didn't have to go home on Saturday. I just relaxed which was good for me because I hadn't taken a day off in over 30 days. Time goes by so fast when you are working you forget you didn't take your day off!

On Sunday the skies in P. S. were almost clear except for some foggy looking clouds at the very top of the mountains in front of my house. It was cold but pleasant. I picked a couple of bags of gratefruit, some lemons and some oranges to bring home. The fruit just off the tree is so much better than what is sold in the store.

I put the cats in their cages, then in the car and we left. I always have pangs of sadness when I leave the place in P.S. I never want to go home, but I know I must. The three of us enjoyed the ride home. There was so much snow on the mountains all the way home. There were clouds and a little wind and it was very beautiful. I kept thinking that the next time I drive down to P.S will be in March for my mother and my daughter's birthday and the wild flowers just might be in bloom by then. I may see a blanket of yellow and lavender covering the high desert alongside the road. I read while I was in P.S. that they expect a tremendous profusion of wild flowers this spring all across the desert. It has been many years since I have seen a heavy blanket of wild flowers in the desert because we haven't had the needed rain. Boy we got it this year! I an looking forward to the beautiful sight of wild flowers, blooming on their own with just the help of mother nature!

Coming up the back grade I began to be enveloped by the mass amount of snow covering everything. It had snowed again on Saturday. I felt that old feeling of confinement and a little claustrophobic! Heading straight into that mammoth pile of snow that has covered everything and everybody. I guess you have to be pretty sane to live in such isolation that this much snow brings. Sometimes I wonder why I live here. It has been 41 years now and I think this year I don't like snow that much! It has been a very tough winter so far. Although, if I think about how wonderful this spring will be in Big Bear I forget about all that white stuff outside my door. I love the spring and summer in Big Bear! So, I will brace for Tuesday and Wednesday's storm and live through it and probably forget it even happened by June!

Until next time, Bonnie