Southern California

Southern California is an unique and unusual region. It is a perfect place to live. Southern California is different than any other state in America. It has fantastic weather much like the Mediterranean. In fact, Southern California's weather is better. Unlike the Mediterranean coast, Southern California has no sultry summer air, no mosquito-ridden malarial marshes, no mistral winds. A freak of nature - a cool and semi-moist desert - Southern California is climatically insulated, shut off from the rest of the continent
Even though Southern California's weather seems to be monotonous, there are sharp contrasts. Mornings are cool with dense fog, but the afternoons are hot and clear. The grass on the hills change overnight from green to brown when it rains. In some places we can see both "giant trees" and "bare slopes" or "burnt sand" and "riotous flowers" at the same time. I remember when I went to the mountains for a biology field trip, I was shocked by what I saw. The east...