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Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve Officials: Don’t Land Your Helicopter in Our Fields to See Super Bloom
KTLA ^ | 03/26/2019 | Tracy Bloom and Kareen Wynter

Posted on 03/26/2019 1:22:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Officials with the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve near Lancaster never thought they'd have to warn people not to land a helicopter in the middle of the fields -- that is, until one actually did.

"We never thought it would be explicitly necessary to state that it is illegal to land a helicopter in the middle of the fields," the post stated. "We were wrong." Apparently, a couple landed the helicopter in the field and began hiking off a nearby trail.

The hike didn't last long however, as law enforcement immediately intervened, according to post. They tried to contact the couple, who promptly ran back to the helicopter and flew away.

Like other parts of California, the Antelope Valley California Poppy Bloom has experienced a super bloom of wildflowers in the past few weeks due to the region's wet winter.

That super bloom has created problems in some areas, most notably at Lake Elsinore's Walker Canyon, where city officials had to implement traffic and parking restrictions on weekends in order to control what was described as "Disneyland-size" crowds.

So far, the Antelope Valley poppy fields haven't been inundated with the same overwhelming throngs of visitors as Lake Elsinore, though it too has seen large crowds.

At one point this past Saturday, the parking lot had to be closed temporarily due to being completely full.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: antelopevalley; helicopter; poppyreserve; superbloom

1 posted on 03/26/2019 1:22:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: EveningStar

SoCal ping


2 posted on 03/26/2019 1:23:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

"...blooming idots"

3 posted on 03/26/2019 1:37:47 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Doogle

Well of course.
All of this was a budding disaster.


4 posted on 03/26/2019 1:53:05 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: 5th MEB; ab01; AgThorn; al baby; AlexisHeavyMetal1981; Avalon Memories; BAW; bboop; BenLurkin; ...
SoCal Ping!



Attention Southern Californians



Please ping me with any Southern California related articles. Thank you!

If you want on or off this ping list, please FReepmail me.

5 posted on 03/26/2019 1:53:38 PM PDT by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: BenLurkin

Dummies coulda used a drone...


6 posted on 03/26/2019 1:58:22 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: BenLurkin

With all the rain, it should be a good season. But it is best to go in a week day, if you can.


7 posted on 03/26/2019 2:11:04 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: BenLurkin

I’d like to see someone land a chopper in the ‘Poopy Fields’ of San Francisco, LOL!

The sh#t would REALLY hit the fan, there! ;)


8 posted on 03/26/2019 3:23:16 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: BenLurkin

Paraquat should solve the problem with the poppy fields.


9 posted on 03/26/2019 3:33:55 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

NOT drug poppies.

California orange poppies.

When they have this kind of spectacular bloom, it is amazing.

Used to ride horseback in Spenceville Wildlife Preserve near Beale AFB. In the NE corner of that preserve, there is a hill that is heavily populated with poppies. Spectacular, s they cascade from above the old road/trail & down he hill to the valley below.


10 posted on 03/26/2019 5:06:01 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Yaelle
Oh, not those poppies?


11 posted on 03/26/2019 5:15:17 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: BenLurkin

Are these the same type of poppies that heroin is made from?


12 posted on 03/26/2019 5:20:58 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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To: Hot Tabasco

No.


13 posted on 03/26/2019 5:23:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia_californica#State_flower_of_California


14 posted on 03/26/2019 5:26:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: IncPen

These poppies are special - instead of attracting butterflies - they attract helicopters - must be a California thing


15 posted on 03/26/2019 5:27:58 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: BenLurkin

I guess folks who own private helicopters can be as obnoxious as some folks with their fancy cars.

There was a BMW in the store parking lot. Parked across THREE spots at an angle. PLUS two traffic cones! And this from a place where Ferraris are seen every day, and a Lamborghini is not uncommon.

During the summer on Sunday mornings the Lamborghini’s get together for breakfast and then a drive. Fun to go check them out - anywhere from 10 to 20 of them - but there they do park in a far corner - and have the section roped off and with a guard.

You can get close to the cars - just don’t touch. Fun stuff.


16 posted on 03/26/2019 5:33:19 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: EveningStar

Chopper blades among the blooms......wonderful!


17 posted on 03/26/2019 5:50:07 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: EveningStar

So unfair. They also get po’ed when we land the chopper on the 405 exits too. What is this, middle class privilege??? Pass the grey poupon.


18 posted on 03/26/2019 6:37:56 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: BenLurkin

Darn, I was just towing the MD-500 outta the hangar, too....


19 posted on 03/26/2019 7:28:10 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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