[pct-l] wildflowers after ADZPCTKO?

[Stephen Clark]

Here is a website many of you may want to check out. It gives you an idea
of what is where and you can select a few specific areas like Anza Borego,
Jushua Tree (which, btw, had a good and rare bloom going on a couple of
weeks ago), and Mojave...   Check it out:
http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html
Snake Charmer


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> It's a bad year for wildflowers. Trailhacker and I hiked across the
> Mojave section and there were no carpets and only scattered small
> flowers. There were some nice displays on one hillside at altitude
> near Tehachapi. It's been disappointing here in Santa Barbara, too.
> Lackluster and pretty much over.
> Diane
>
> On Apr 22, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > From: David Hough on pct-l <pcnst2001 at sbcglobal.net>
> > Subject: [pct-l] wildflowers after ADZPCTKO?
> >
> > After visiting at ADZPCTKO during the day Saturday, and lodging
> > elsewhere
> > before and after, I'd like to see some desert wildflowers while hiking
> > along the PCT on Sunday.
> >
> >> From past years I remember good wildflowers around the former
> >> Lucky 7 cache,
> > and also in the Tejon Ranch segment immediately south of Hwy
> > 138.    However
> > I don't remember the time of year clearly, and anyway this has not
> > been
> > a normal year, so things may be different.     If anybody can
> > recommend
> > a good display in the past few days this year, that might be a good
> > starting
> > point.      Otherwise my inclination is to start from Snow Creek
> > Village
> > and head up toward Fuller Ridge until I run out of steam.
> > Certainly
> > lots of different life zones in a few miles, so maybe one of them
> > is in
> > bloom.       This pretty much has to be a dayhike since I have to
> > be back
> > at work in San Jose on Monday.
>
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