Ye, waited too long, no snow in Nov. Finally a relief, 3 feet of fresh powder last weekend. It started on Thursday and lasted till late Saturday. I guess I don't need to mention that I spent my weekend in Tahoe, hwy 50 was beautiful, snow all over the hills, the tress, on the lake and from the sky. Took me 5 and 1/2 hr to carefully drive my Prius to the South City, where I stayed for Saturday and an hour next day to my favourite Squaw Valley. I hooked on my Snowboard at 10 in morning, continued till 4 pm and was back in Bay Area by 10 in night.
I feel so good right now, relieved and rejuvenated. Weather forecasts heavy snow next week, but i got some visitors for next 3 weekends and need to be in Bay Area. I hope it gets a lot better in Jan and continues till as long as am satisfied :)
Saturday seemed to be a nice surf day till I got in Jetty. The water was way cold even with the wet suite. Wave were of moderate height, but were too frequent for me to handle, I was done in a very short time. This was the first time that i could hear myself breath heavy, indeed i got tired in first 30 mins and had to go out to the beach before i could go back in again. After the second spell i gave up, the waves kept pounding me till they practically threw me out to the beach. Am not sure if its because I generally am out of shape in winters or the waves + the temperature were punishing. No surprise I heard few regulars at the Board shop on how difficult it was for them to surf at the Jetty a day before.
