Leo Carrillo state park~Our World Tuesday~070212

Yesterday hubby and I headed out of the desert and headed FOR the ocean.  It's only a two hour drive and we were both going crazy from the heat.  We really needed a break.  Actually, he did.  I didn't.  I spent the previous two mornings filling up all of our trash cans with leaves, grass, and dead branches because the morning temps were quite nice.  The days...er...uh...not so much, but as long as you get your work done BEFORE 9:00 a.m., life is good.  Anyway, we took a drive out to the ocean and then took a road toward the Carrillo Ranch (which we'd never seen before).  It was a working ranch for many years.  Unfortunately, we arrived 15 minutes before closing time and they aren't open today (Monday).  We'll have to return another time and really spend some time there.  Hubby wandered off one way and I wandered down to the old stables and we met at the car at 5:00 p.m.  Our World Tuesday for July 2, 2012.  TO visit OWT, please go to:   http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/

Same road with sunflowers~for Crystal

Same road, with sunflowers.  I took these pics mid-September last year.  I don't think there will be as many sunflowers this year because of the lack of rain.

Lone Pine Road~SSC~063012

This is our favorite road near Lone Pine, CA.  I think you can see why.  We came up here one time during Spring Break and the entire fields were all covered with wild sunflowers!  Amazing!  But, now the land rests.

More of the Pacific Crest Trail

Tuesday, when I had to drive up the mountain for my horses' lesson, I stopped and dropped water off on the Pacific Crest Trail, where it crosses Highway 74 near Anza, CA.  I hiked quite a way back.  There weren't any fresh tracks on the trail.  It was a relatively cool morning, but it's already hot here in the desert and I have errands to run, so I'll stay home today...:-(  This is what I saw Tuesday morning.

Fence and Sierra Nevada~Friday's Fences~062912

This is just one of the many Western fences we saw on our trip to the Sierra Nevada.  This was on the way to the Twin Lakes outside Bridgeport, CA.  Hubby looked on a google map and discovered that these lakes are right over the mountains from Yosemite, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.  Friday's Fences for June 29, 2012.  To visit Friday's Fences, please go to:   http://lifeaccordingtojanandjer.blogspot.com/

Blue jays~Nature's Notes~062812

I really miss the blue jays who were up in the cabin.  I believe the same species is up in Idyllwild~Stellar's jays.  They were huge!  The first morning I awoke at 5:15 a.m., one of them was hanging on the frame of the kitchen window, peering in at me!  I'm sure he was thinking, "FEED ME!", which I promptly did.  I put peanuts out all along the railing and sat and watched.  A momma squirrel came down from the tree right next to the porch and I counted 5 blue jays soon appeared and EVERY peanut disappeared. I really enjoyed watching the antics of the blue jays.  Sometimes one would pick a peanut and then put it back and take another one!  There was also a hierarchy among them.  There were a couple timid ones, but there were also a couple of huge males.  I awoke every morning early up at the June Lake cabin to eagerly feed them their peanuts.  I miss them.  My scrub jay is still in our neighborhood (for 3 years now...) and I put out peanuts and acorns for him when we arrived safely home.  Nature Notes for June 28, 2012.  Ge on over to Nature Notes at:   http://ramblingwoods.com/

Road to Benton~Our World Tuesday~062612

As we drove the road from Mono Lake to the White Mountains, Highway 120, we left the ponderosa forest and came to the red road country.  We had both never been on this road before and we were amazed by its beauty.  There were very few cars on it.  We ended up in Benton Hot Springs and Benton, which really aren't very big towns!  Our World Tuesday for June 26, 2012.  To visit OWT, please go to:   http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/