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tenaya ([personal profile] tenaya) wrote2009-05-15 10:59 pm
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Mountain wildflowers!

Yesterday, Mom and I drove up Mt. Baldy to test the ear again. I'd noticed last time that there were a lot of flowers in bloom, so I dragged Mom with me for a nice little drive. We started from Upland, drove all the way to the ski lift, came back to part way and then took the Glendora Mt. Road.

PIC SPAM!

Here is Mt. San Antonio, commonly called Mt. Baldy because of the lack of trees at the top. It's 10,052ft, I think.

San Gabriel Mountains,mt baldy

The mountain lilac was in full bloom and smelled wonderful. There's a big patch of it where the road goes to Ice House Canyon. I'd include a photo but it doesn't do it justice.

The penstemons and monkeyflowers were blooming in many places:

San Gabriel Mountains,California native plant

California native plant,San Gabriel Mountains


Here is a wall of flowers:

California native plant,San Gabriel Mountains

Lovely Broom:

California native plant,San Gabriel Mountains

Some great purple flowers:

California native plant,San Gabriel Mountains

Critters. I always have to include critters:

San Gabriel Mountains

And I love road photos:

San Gabriel Mountains

And this looks like one could recreate it with different shades of construction paper. Gotta love that LA air:

San Gabriel Mountains



So, if you're local and want to see a few wildflowers (and escape the heat) here is an option I never took before.

For all the rest of the photos in the album, go here:
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/kelpster/Mt%20Baldy%202009/