Last week Connie and I finally went to look at the blooms of wildflowers
which are especially good this year following our near-record rainfall
(currently over 80 cm). Unfortunately, it is already late (many of the best
blooms have gone) and the day turned cloudy and windy. Later, it actually
rained and we got wet and miserable.
Luckily we were able to take a few pictures. With the photo processing
possible in digital, I managed to get a half-way good appearance. I'm
attaching them here.
The first two pictures are from the CA Poppy Reserve. This is about an hour
north of us, in what is called the "High Desert". Normally this looks much
like the
Mojave desert you traversed on your Route-66 trip. With sun it would
have been spectacular.
Poppy in High Desert |
Poppy in High Desert |
The next picture is a three-picture panorama of the Leone valley, a
high valley in the low mountains just south of the preserve. In the
background the hills contain the famous San Andreas Fault. The green grass
was almost like England. It won't last long since it is unlikely to rain
much now.
Leone
valley
Ron
Rev. July 4, 2006