Another view

Let's clear this up. Thousand Oaks is not 'as seen on TV' by millions of golf viewers this weekend. And even if were, we're about out of room; sorry. I can't get over the incredible luck of the people putting on the tournament.

This time last weekend we were in the middle of a four day (plus some) bout of grey days with scattered rain (which we call bad weather). That had followed three or four days of sub freezing temperatures at night and highs in the 40's and low 50's. A friend came back from their place in upstate New York after Thanksgiving and declared the temperatures nearly identical. Our neighbor across the street got back from Florida the first night of the freeze (and his grass did freeze) and was wondering what the heck had gone on. The cold snap was very uncommon (but so were 100 degree temperatures back in April — it's been a weird year).

With the early rains this year, the hillsides were back to being green and lush (from a distance). By Thursday, the weather was pretty nice. It had started warming up and was quiet clear. Several days of rain had knocked all of the crud out of the air and we started one of those incredible cycles.

Friday, was gorgeous, not a cloud in the sky and absolutely clear conditions. When I left the John Wayne Airport area in Orange County (Friday morning), you could see Pasadena foothills. It was clear all the way through Los Angeles County even down around beach areas and was in the low 70's after I popped over the Santa Monica Mountains.

And today was even better, if that's possible. Same basic conditions (a little hazier) but the temperatures reached the 80's in places around the Conejo Valley. I guess that's why we deal with the possibility of earthquakes... days like this in December will do that to you.

The course is located at the south end of the Hidden Valley area (there are a lot of horse ranches along that section of Potrero Road) by Lake Sherwood (I wonder if that's man made like Westlake?) There are some great pictures in this review (more good timing).

The shot above (my favorite of the day) was taken in the early afternoon from the southern end of town looking northeast. The shot below was taken a couple hours later, near the north end of town also looking northeast (not that great a picture really, but it's a view I love).

With the incredible weather, and because I'm supposed to be on vacation, I just had to go out and wander around the city.