Wildflower Season in California

Last year I went to see spring wildflowers. It was April. Living in Southern California offers this luxury earlier than that. After a series of showers, the ground is finally getting satisfied with the amount of water, and with that wildflowers are starting to bloom everywhere!

Only 10 minutes from my apartment, there is a lightly trafficked trail up and through the mountains, but right now hundreds of people stop by to photograph the beauty of spring poppies. Walker Canyon Road Loop is accessible straight from the access road parallel to I-15 - what a convenient location! As I was driving to buy groceries today, I decided that on the way back I will stop and at least glance at the flowers. I ended up hiking about two miles. 

The weather was humid and rather warm, the sun was slightly peeking through the dense cloud cover, it was going to rain later that night. In the meantime, I took a couple of pictures promising myself to come back and complete the loop when the temperatures drop.