2005 California Wildflower Bloom

 

2005 was the best year for California wildflowers that I can remember.  The entire floor of Death Valley National Park, which normally has sparse plant life was in full bloom.  Just add water and look what you get!

 

 

The photos below were taken at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, CA which is located north of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert:

 

 

 

The photos below were taken at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Devil's Racetrack in Death Valley National Park, CA

 

The Devil's Racetrack feautures desert landscape, crackled earth that goes on forever, and boulders that are said to move mysteriously.