Travels and Adventures

I took a drive up to Carrizo Plain National Monument on March 2, 2008, just to see if any wildflowers were blooming. No flowers were blooming yet from the Soda Lake entrance on I-66 to Soda Lake, but the whole plain itself is turning green, and on the other side of the plain, on the Highway 58 entrance, the hills are turning gold.

Not many birds are out yet either. Although I did see several ravens and meadowlarks, and at the visitor center, I ran into this little roadrunner.

He seemed pretty tame. A couple other visitors were sitting at the picnic table and this little guy just sat beside the table. He let me come within a few feet to take his picture.

I am gonna check back in a few weeks to see if the flowers are out. From the looks of it, it just might be a good wildflower year on the plain :)

It has been a pathetic 5 or 6 months since my last post. But now that spring is on its way, I expect to have many more adventures, an thus, more posts.

I went to Joshua Tree National Park on March 1st. It was a beautiful sunny day. I had read online a few days before that the wildflowers were full in bloom, and Joshua Tree did not disappoint. Although there were few to none near the Joshua Tree Visitor Center in the Mojave Desert part of the park, there were thousands upon thousands of wildflowers near the Oasis Visitor Center in the Colorado Desert part of the park. Fields of Desert Poppy, Chia, Desert Dandelions, Mojave Lupine and California Chicory lined the road, along with the cars of all the park visitors. It was quite a busy day in the park. Hundreds of people were out in the fields with their cameras.... just like me ;)

Joshua Tree National Park is located between Joshua Tree, CA and Twentynine Palms, CA. There are entrances to the park at both of these locations.

I posted pictures below. Enjoy!!