Recently, I have been reading a lot about the bumper spring bloom in the south Californian deserts. This was particularly due to the abundant rain fall this winter in California. My wife and I with our son's blessings decided to check it out. Anza-Borrego desert state park is a two hour drive from San Diego. It falls within the Colorado desert. It is the largest state-park within California and is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna.
Unfortunately, our visit was a week to 10 days past the peak and most of flower were destroyed due to the heat or strong winds in the region. However, we still caught some cacti blooming whose picture is pasted below. I learnt something new today when I saw a flower blooming on a cactus. It was beautiful to see a pink flower blooming on top a dirty green thorny scrubby cactus which itself is in the middle of brown and rocky desert. If this is any indication, we are definitely coming back next year to catch the bloom at its peak.
 |
| A flower blooming on a cactus plant. |
This trip was still special to me as this was the first time we travelled to a state park with Advay (less than 4-month old at the time of this trip). Both Sudha and I are nature lovers and we want our son to be the same. It was heartening to note that Advay was happy and particularly curious/ drawn towards the trees (thats our interpretation and an exhibit to justify our conclusion is below). He is going to make more such trips with us and generate more content for my blogs :-).
 |
| Advay curious about the red flower. |
 |
| Advay enjoying his first Anza-Borrego trip. |
No comments:
Post a Comment