She's Where?

She's in California, that mythic land of Mickey Mouse and beaches. But wait: she's in Davis, in California's central valley, where the myth dies in the heat and the dust. But still, it looks awfully nice to me:


Here's the same as above, for the metrically deprived (or, alternately, the imperially inclined):


Karen returns tomorrow, and when she steps back out onto the icy parking lot, all I can say is welcome back.