2013, Day 355 - Gradual descent

I was on the road today, with the holidays almost here it is time to visit the family.  When I left Portland it was dark and hours later it was still dark, I guess that's to be expected on the second shortest day of the year.  As I crossed the border into California the skies were dark but soon the temperatures started to climb and at one point it was seventy five degrees; that's not what I consider appropriate weather for the holidays.  In fact there was almost no snow on the ground and I don't think there is going to be any in the near future.  While that's good news for travel it is bad news for my holiday spirit.  I suppose I will just have to soak up the warm weather while I can.

Canon EOS M, Canon 22/f2 STM
22mm, f5.6, 1/1000 sec @ 100 ISO