Spring Cloudburst. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

A spring cloudburst moves across a Southern California grassland landscape.

At the end of March we detoured though mountains west of the San Joaquin Valley on our way home from Death Valley, looking for grasslands where the spring wildflower bloom was starting. After a few false starts — two dead-ends that forced us to turn around and try different routes — we finally made it to this big valley where wet years produce an immense carpet of wildflowers. continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/04/15/spring-cloudburst

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