Carrizo Plain National Monument wildflowers
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:02 am
On another board, person below posted this:
Today, Monday, I spoke with a ranger at Carrizo Plain. He said the majority of the color is on the south end of Soda Lake Rd. Driving further north toward the visitors' center, you can see a large purple display from the overlook hill. (The flowers were far away). He said starting in 3 days, they will have a wildflower hotline updated on Thursdays and Sundays. 805-475-2035. He anticipates the peak bloom will be early and mid-April. He said some of the roads off of Soda Lake Rd currently are closed (even 4WD) due to mud. They have had to dig some vehicles out. I didn't see any poppies, but lots of yellow, some purple, orange and white. Driving 10 miles up the hwy from Maricopa to Soda Lake Rd, the many of the hills had yellow flowers -- a beautiful sight. Susan Manley
Note I just returned from 10 day wildflower road trip into California desert areas. That alkali mud is very sticky stuff and often much deeper than it looks. Decades ago driving those dirt roads with at the time a brand new Legacy AWD was barely able to escape one spot.
David
Today, Monday, I spoke with a ranger at Carrizo Plain. He said the majority of the color is on the south end of Soda Lake Rd. Driving further north toward the visitors' center, you can see a large purple display from the overlook hill. (The flowers were far away). He said starting in 3 days, they will have a wildflower hotline updated on Thursdays and Sundays. 805-475-2035. He anticipates the peak bloom will be early and mid-April. He said some of the roads off of Soda Lake Rd currently are closed (even 4WD) due to mud. They have had to dig some vehicles out. I didn't see any poppies, but lots of yellow, some purple, orange and white. Driving 10 miles up the hwy from Maricopa to Soda Lake Rd, the many of the hills had yellow flowers -- a beautiful sight. Susan Manley
Note I just returned from 10 day wildflower road trip into California desert areas. That alkali mud is very sticky stuff and often much deeper than it looks. Decades ago driving those dirt roads with at the time a brand new Legacy AWD was barely able to escape one spot.
David
