Spring
For the past three years I’ve made a point of going to King’s Canyon / Sequoia National Park near the end of May or early June to catch the blooming Dogwoods in their prime. It’s a magical experience to see the giant white flowers glowing in the sunlight, sparkling like giant snowflakes and twinkling stars. [...]
California is just about covered in flowers right now, and I figured where better to see it from, than from the air itself? That’s right my friends, here’s what California looks like from a small plane right now! A friend of a friend who owns a Cessna 172 graciously offered to fly me around some [...]
For the last two months or so I’ve been following the progress of the impending wildflower bloom in Death Valley National Park, waiting for the moment everything would jump into bloom. Well, that moment has arrived! My first destination was to a spot where a friend and I discovered the tiny beginnings – cotyledons [...]
California has experienced a strange winter and early spring season thus far this year. Typically the annual desert wildflowers would be winding down in their activity over the next few weeks; this year, however, some of the desert areas are just getting started! I spent the previous weekend touring various parts of Death Valley with [...]