[BenLurkin]

"NATURE'S SHOW - Poppies bloom at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve west of Lancaster. The reserve opened for full operation March 5, the earliest opening since 1976." ROB LAYMAN Valley Press

[billorites]

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The wild flowers are beautiful this year. However, watch for rattlesnakes-NOT Joking!

[DManA]

perhaps of the blossoms receiving more nutrients that allow them to grow better

Including CO2.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

By the way. Take the 14 to the avenue D offramp. Then go west about five to ten miles. One will find many square miles of flowers,no traffic and no fees.

[Freebird Forever]

This year's California poppy crop is especially big and bright, a result perhaps of the blossoms receiving more nutrients that allow them to grow better, Elgin added.

Afghani warlords take note.

[martin_fierro]

*AAAAACK* At first glance I thought that read, "Hills Ablaze With Puppies"

[stboz]

Area around Pine Flat Reservoir and Kings River (Fresno area)has been gorgeous this year.

[hedgetrimmer]

Time to get out the poppy and feather Easter bonnets, eh?

Black-skirted performer with poppy and feather-tipped headdress at entrance to roundhouse; attendants arranging costumes; Big Head Dance

May, 1923

[Jeff Chandler]

Poppies and other wildflowers aplenty in Arizona this year, too.

[Serenissima Venezia]

Thanks for the info - after reading this, we got in the Cobra, put the top down, and headed from Bakersfield over to the California Poppy Reserve. It was packed - with people and poppies! Beautiful!! Orange poppies are far as the eye could see on the hills around the reserve (being cheap, we parked on the side of the road outside of the reserve. I've found in the past that there are usually more poppies outside the reserve than inside, for some reason...)

I would've like to go the Ave D route that someone mentioned, but coming from Bakersfield, it was closer to just follow the crowds.

If I can figure out how to post pics, I have several of blazing orange hillsides!