Snow on Mount Diablo - Walnut Creek, California

Well this is something that us in Contra Costa County get once or twice per year, snow on Mount Diablo.

Taken from Dinosaur Hill Park in Pleasant Hill, California

Growing up in this area I can remember what a big deal it was when this would happen My two sisters and older brother would beg my mom to make the drive up to the mountain, about 20 miles from where I lived in Pleasant Hill. Most of the time, the road on the mountain would be closed - but we didn't care as long as she got us close to the snow. That was all that mattered.

We don't see much of the white stuff in the valley at our low elevation so when it would come we would go out of our minds. Today is such a day and one of the first things that I receive is a text message from my 16 year old daughter, out of her mind, wanting me to take her and her friends to Mt. Diablo. Oh if I only had moms fire engine red, 1964, Chevy Impala station wagon - it would be just like old times. Well she is not going to get that ride from me today so I will have to do the next best thing; post some photos that I took today. Hope this will work...

Taken from the Top of Deer Hill Road, Lafayette, California

Taken from the top of Deer Hill Road , Lafayette, California

Taken from Dinasaur Hill Park in Pleasant Hill, California