Tundra’s post made me think about how SF Bay Area weather is the same but different. Here’s how our current cycle will likely go. Winter, esp Jan and Feb we get occasion heavy rains. Last years grass has died and gone away. The storms bring out the utility company and their trucks to fix up the wires. The truck tires create big ruts in the mud along side the path. As it gets a little warmer, like today the grass starts sprouting. Becomes like a lovely meadow. When it warms up those ruts turn into solid rock, actually adobe clay rocks. Once the path traffic increases there are more likely occasions where there are occasions where diving off the path into that soft green green seems better than running into the toddler/dog/family. Don’t do it! Hidden under the grass is the hard ridges of the ruts waiting to grab your tire and throw you down. That’s what happened last year. This year I will stop with both feet down and make a little joke. Really.