southern california + utah

summer.

there's this:

and there's this:

bad?

no.

different?

yes.

but i tend to be more partial to the former

i can still remember my first summer in the beehive state (gosh that was 3 summers ago) being a little confusing...

examples:
 

when someone wanted to have a bonfire and everybody grabbed a bunch of wood pallets and head up into the mountains...?  

the mountains?

bonfire = beach doesn't it? or am i going crazy?

i guess it doesn't matter where you burn the wood as long as there's chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers, but i DID find i missed that salty sea air, smoky smell afterwards

or

when we wanted to go to the pool, whereupon a huge thunderstorm decided to roll in and stay parked over Utah County for the next 3 days...

rain?? 

in the summer?? 

this is craziness.

although the smell of rain on hot pavement has started to grow on me...

so besides the fact that my summers seem to be defined by a handful of very distinct smells, i am inclined to say that summer, no matter where you are, is the most bestest time of the year and we should all just smile and love it because we don't have to go to school!!

Well, except some of us do, so maybe scratch that...