Oh yeah, the other thing,....the hugh(FR spelling)snow flakes during the storms...something even a mid-westerner like myself could appreciate.
Like many areas in So. Cal., I wonder how much it's changed over the years, since I lived there anyway(80's).
In other words, I lived there during the tail-end of Reagan's California...last time I was there(2-3 years back)it looked more like Pancho Villa's(Pelosi's)California.
When I was at Camp Pendleton in 1968 I used to climb San Gorgonio on the weekends. When I returned from Okinawa in 1977, I spent a week at MCAS Santa Ana for a Maintenance Officer course. That was the last time I saw Big Bear & San Gorgonio. I imagine everything has changed by now... well, the peak of San Gorgonio probably looks the same.