About a week or two ago, during a particularly cold spell in the Bay Area, Mt. Hamilton (4,200+ feet) had snow for several days, clearly visible from the Valley. Shawn and I decided to take a "snow day" one of the days I didn't work, and drive up the mountain to play in the snow. :) The last time I did that was in December 2004, with Tony, for ( Read more... )

That's right, it actually snowed in certain parts of San Jose yesterday (Friday), including bustling downtown, of all places. Unfortunately, it didn't snow here, but we *did* get some hail (and lots of rain). And of course there's snow on the two highest peaks at opposite sides of the Santa Clara Valley: Mt. Hamilton (4,200+ feet) and Mt. Umunhum ( ( Read more... )