pat covered the begining of the trip well, so here are my impressions on the part after he left:

leaving throught the main entrance of the park on monday morning
definately had it ups and downs. the pro (and simultaneously the con) was
that i had to drive through 2 inches of snow. driving near ryan  mountain
there were several inches of accumulation and mine was only the second set
of car tracks. by the time we reached hidden valley  campground (to leave
a note for rob that stu would be playing dominos in town!) the snow
accumulation was slightly less than by ryan, but still blanketed the   
entire scenery. micah and i got out of the car to take some photos and
after aboout ten minutes everyone had gotten out of the car to attempt an
overhung boulder problem in the snow and get their picture taken on it! 

we(eric, colleen, micah, and i) went on an hour hike, leaving stu (equiped
with only sandals) in the car to plan his desired climbs for the
remaining week. hiking in the snow was fun and revived my spirits. when we
got to the internet cafe to drop off stu we checked the weather report:  
the outlook for the indian cove option remained bleak, but the weather
seemed to be calling for us at corona del mar beach. so we headed to the 
beach, picked up some great burritos and had an excellent day bouldering
at pirates cove.