Natural History Wanderings

it’s worth the trip.  As you turn off Hwy 20 going north the corral has a decent presentation of yellow flowers. In the canyon going toward the valley things are filling out, we felt it still has a week or so to go.  Up near the crest the base of yellow under the oaks is in place.  As you go into the valley there are some fields of color forming. Lupines are around 4″ tall, we felt they had room to grow but I’m not certain I wasn’t seeing Miniature Lupine.

The Bear Valley Ranch has it’s large fields forming & beginning to show waves of color.  There are clumps of flowers as you go up the valley. The field up at the wildflower gate is doing fine. some nice clumps of poppies outside the fence.  Not a lot above the wildflower gate to Leesville, but if you exit via Leesville Rd the greens in the valley below Windy Point are incredible.

There’s a decent variety of flowers present now, and to me it’s only going to get better. It hasn’t been this good for several years.