Mt Whitney Zone Forums Trip Reports Ridgecrest Wildflowers, March 21 2015

My family met up with some folks to go see the wildflowers in Ridgecrest. It was a fun day and my family really enjoyed it. Here are some highlights and a link to the rest of my photos:

Hiking with Kids: Ridgecrest Wildflowers, March 21 2015

Nice! I imagine Karin's pup enjoyed the outing too.

I was out the next day checking some of the wildflowers near here: (link)

Nice - looks like the flowers are in better shape there. The ones in Ridgecrest may be mostly gone in a week or two.

For such a draught-stricken area, the wildflowers were surprising. Although they are a lot earlier than normal years.

In two months the area will be a bone-dry tinder box.

Nice bench - innovative use of wood connection hardware.

Oh, and the flowers are pretty and the kid is cute and its very scenic. All that goes without saying, wrote the engineer.