AFS San Diego

San Diego AFS Area Team held their Mid-Year Orientation at a Sierra Club lodge on Mt. Laguna in east San Diego County the weekend of Feb. 7-8. Snow hardly ever occurs in the population centers here, and is uncommon in the mountains. So when we booked the lodge a couple of months ago it was with the thought that snow was unlikely. Our good fortune was that the snow did not accumulate on the roads, but we did have a few inches everywhere else. We had 24 AFS students there. Those from Northern Europe were relatively unimpressed. But for those from places like Thailand, including two who had never seen snow, it was a real treat. An unidentified student or students built this miniature AFS snowman as a greeting to all of us as we exited the lodge.