Santa Rosa

So...me and the fam went up to the Plateau yesterday. Weather-wise it was a bit breezy and somewhat overcast, although the sun did peak through a couple of times.  We stopped first at the visitors center and after a brief look around, and the paying of our $2 each, decided to check out the vernal pool.  It was a nice walk of about a mile to get to the pool, which looks more like ooze filled swamp....but I highly recommend it.  Apparently, they are only active after springs filled with heavy rain, and the aquatic life that is in them is incredible.  The frogs/tadpoles/shrimp/snakes are special only to such pools, which are becoming increasingly rare, and the neat thing is that when the pools are in a dry season, the animals that inhabit them stay dormant.  

Check it out...seeing things like this, that aren't always available are really special.

Pictures to come later....

Not Sure If These Are Even Native--I Just Thought They Were Pretty

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Blogger Hates Me

I can't seem to upload any of my images from Pechanga. This is the second night in a row I have tried. Cross your fingers that I get them uploaded by 3:00 tomorrow...

Will These Pictures Load?

Crap. No. I'll try again tomorrow...

...Alright Then

So it posted what I just typed. Let me give ya'll a little recap on the trip and then I will try to load photos again.

The furthest trip we've been on so far...I was slightly apprehensive about the carpooling caravan.  The nursery, although nice, and where I met my lizard friend, was not as impressive as the second place we visited.  I had fun driving there...everybody in my car was goofing off snapping shots as we putted our way up the dusty road.  I enjoyed the scenery at that spot, but was sad that by then we had started losing our light.  I wish we could have gone there first when the sun was out more.  Still, I got some good shots.

Despite the fact that I had worked that day which meant I had been behind a camera since 9 am, I was glad to be outdoors.  Plants don't scream their heads off posing the way some children do.  

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Alas...my trusty blogger keeps failing me and I can't get my images loaded.  Let me double check that it loads this before I type any further...