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Full sun and 79 in Maytown.

@TimB doin' some trolling tonight in the Beantown thread.

That radar presentation is pretty crazy - the skies here are at least 75% cloudless. Looking around here it would be hard to imagine there was rain within at least 50-75 miles.

Thank you so much!

Party sunny and 83. It has also turned quite breezy...almost windy.

Correct- heading down this fall. My wife is ready to do some shell-finding.

Actually - my CTP forecast is bone dry all the way through next Sunday. Wow!

I don't know what to say- Once we get back in the groove here, I will write a full trip report as I have time. Hard to believe after 5 years of dreaming, planning, and saving that it's all over now. What a time it was! Our son mowed 4 times over the past 23 days. Current Maytown mow ticker stands at 14. It looks like mowing is down to once a week. Grass is definitely showing signs of stress. Hardly anything fell here the entire time we were gone. Remarkable. And it looks pretty dry for the week ahead. Sigh.

That is awesome! I was following your journey in the MA thread over the past few months and was wondering how you made out. Congratulations to you!

Partly sunny and 80 degrees here in Maytown, PA.

A muggy 73 here this morning. River Walk in town is super cool, marking that off the bucket list.

All aboard the San Diego Skyfari: I'll write up a trip review in the coming weeks after we're home. Before that, I'll try and respond to questions and comments that have been posted already or will be. I'm reading them but trying to not to get too invested on here for now. We've now been gone for 16 days and will be returning home on Sunday if all goes well.

Early morning here in San Diego- 59 with a marine layer off the Pacific. One more day here in Cali before heading east tomorrow. Heading to Balboa Park this morning.

Getting ready for Saturday night baseball here at the Big A - last time I was here the stadium was completely enclosed due to the Rams playing here...that was in the mid 1990s. My son reports zero rain back home and my weather station confirms. Not good, not unexpected.

Pleasant evening here in SoCal - partly cloudy and 65 here in Orange county.

Getting ready to go out for dinner - love the California mission architecture here in SLO: Tomorrow we continue south along the coast and will be spending the next 2 nights in Anaheim - going to Angels Stadium for some Saturday night baseball between the Halos and the Twins.

Cross one more thing off the 'ole bucket list:

Leaving this beautiful town later this morning. My wife captured this on our day out and about yesterday: Today we head northwest to San Francisco, due to arrive this evening. From there we'll head down the coast to Los Angeles over the next several days.

My wife is stirring...back to being a non-weenie again.

I wish I could explain the "dynamic" of this area better - of course, Mammoth got a record amount of snow this past winter. What might not be so obvious is how "precarious" this area is to the rain/snow line. (yes, that is something they contend with even here) During many winter storms, the area is flooded with warm Pacific air and the snow line often ends up somewhere in the 7,000 to 8,000 foot range. The town sits at just under 8,000'. For most of the winter, the town was JUST above the rain/snow line, especially during the bigger storms that dropped feet of snow at a time. Along with that, and sitting at the base of the mountain, Mammoth is obviously higher in elevation than areas around here. So when we drove into town on Sunday we were amazed at how quickly we went from bare ground to feet of snow...it happened in a matter of 3 miles. It literally wasn't until the last 5 minutes or so of our trip into town did we finally see snow cover. It really is bizarre how the town manages to find itself JUST inside the "snow zone" every winter. Mammoth Lakes averages about 250" of snow annually...the next town down the road averages about 60".

Good morning - why I'm up this early on vacation is puzzling even to me, but the gondola ride yesterday was...wow, it was so freaking beautiful! Unfortunately, most of the pics are lousy due to glare from the sun reflecting off the windows...below is one I got shortly after leaving the village. What struck me is how little snow remains on exposed hillsides at "lower" elevations. The town still has several feet of snow cover mainly due to the fact that the town is essentially in a forest. Open areas around here, the snow has vaporized. In fact, the only snow in this general area is now on the mountain itself and the immediate town of Mammoth Lakes. If we were to drive 3-4 miles south on CA Rt. 203 out of Mammoth the ground is 100% bare other than some piles. We are doing some hiking this morning and then biking this afternoon. Tomorrow we'll leave midday and head west towards the Pacific (Mammoth is way inland, much closer to Nevada than the ocean) and then we'll head down the PCH starting Thursday. This weekend will be spent in the LA basin before starting the train trek east all of next week.

It's remarkable how much this town is like the beach communities on the east coast - yesterday was NUTS...people everywhere. Woke up this morning and it's a ghost town. I was looking at the lift cams earlier and there are many chairs without skiers and boarders on them. Also, hours were cut starting today, last uphill access is at 3pm.

First full day in Mammoth Lakes: We will be riding the scenic gondola shortly...I'll try and get something up tonight. This was taken from outside our condo in town. Average snow depth is town ranges from as little as 40" or so to as much as 80" closer to the "village" at the base of the mountain. That is where the gondola starts and is the place where the cam is located that I've shared multiple times over the past several months. It's currently in the upper 50s - pic was taken mid-morning today. We'll be here for 2 more nights before starting to head south through CA. Air is...different, that's for sure. Our condo sits at about 7,750' and I can sure feel the difference when moving around.

Greetings from Mammoth Lakes California! We arrived in town around 2:30 local time and were treated by the sight of a thunderstorm up on the mountain with snow at the summit. I hope to be able to share some pics in the coming days but I'm pinching myself right now in awe. There's about 4 feet of snow left here but it is melting quicker than Joel Embiid in a playoff game. The person that checked us in said the snowpack went down nearly 5 feet this week! Glad we got in when we did before it's all gone. Still nearly 15 feet on the mountain. I did not see any of the "game" but will offer this quickly - I have said for the past 3 years that the Philadelphia 76ers will not win with Joel Embiid. I have taken a LOT of abuse over my commentary but I stand with that sentiment today. Embiid is a Fantasy basketball player- he puts up great Fantasy numbers, but anyone who thinks he's a winner is living in Fantasy world. The team will make a lot of changes during the off-season but as long as they build around #21 the team will not win. I've been waiting to be proven wrong and I don't think that day is coming.

62 and gorgeous here in Truckee. 72 back home on the weather station. Looks like Maytown got to 87 today. Glad I'm here.