So hey, isn't this supposed to be Southern California?

It's May 23, almost June! And yet the sky is still cloudy, and it's cold, even though it's almost 4 pm and the sun is at its Southern California peak.

I guess this is what we used to call "June Gloom," and it's a particular phenomenon of the coastal areas of California. The rising warm inland air from the desert rises, creating a vacuum that sucks the cool moist air from the ocean. We end up with cloudy mornings that sometimes hang around all day. It can be quite grim some years. I remember some summers when we lived in Cardiff when it just never warmed up at all, although this year is not supposed to be too bad.

I have to say that looking down on the creeping fog from a high-up view spot is not a bad way to spend the afternoon at all. Especially with a cherry mimosa in hand.