Just stumbled on to this topic- INTERESTING in that with '07s SEVERE SoCal drought, SCTA results reports- and I witnessed two events and agree, raved about the lake bed- hope this better (rainwise) than usual season won't be a detriment.
On more than one occaision going North up Sheep Creek road on my frequent trips to the Central Valley area I could see El Mirage as blue as the SEA!