Uphill. Both ways.

[athelind]

athelind: You know, our grandson won't take out the trash if there's a hint of a drizzle, but he has no problem going out and riding his bike in weather far wetter.

quelonzia: Kids are like that, honey. I was like that. My kids were like that. You were like that.

athelind: Honey, I was a kid in Southern California in the 1970s. We didn't have rain.

Okay, so the drought of 1976-1977 was only two years, but it seemed longer.