If California is your home, welcome home.

Tahoe National Forest welcomed us to the Golden State.

Very little pestilence can survive above 5000 feet. No snakes. No mosquitos. No ticks.

Only Starbucks.

At least the view across the street from Starbucks is of something besides another Starbucks.The mystery of what awaits us in paradise continues, despite our arrival. After five solid days of clear blue skies, torrential rain today obfuscated our view of Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Napa and Berkeley.

Only the most grandiose features of Heaven apparently peek through the clouds.