Drive to a California State Park for one day trip
We had more rain than usual this spring.
Finally, warm and fine weather came back to Los Angeles!
We went to a one day trip to see bright orange poppy flowers which start to bloom this time of year.
We went there in the middle of the month of March.
The flowers have just started to bloom so they were not fully blossemed yet.
The location where we could see the poppy flowers is Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
in the Mojave Desert.
Just one and a half hours, about sixty-eight miles from Los Angeles city by car.
The map is as below
Actually, the Poppy was designated as the California official state flower in 1903.
I did not know this fact.
Many years before, we could see poppies were everywhere in California.
However, the poppy numbers are decreasing year by year and now only can be seen in this
Antelope Valley and a few other places.
This is because the Poppy was negatively influenced by land development and by lack of rainfall.
This state park protects poppy flowers by keeping them natural and undisturbed by humans.
Also, there are many trails in the park so we can enjoy hiking as well.
The beginning of Poppy Reserve
This area was designated as a Poppy Reserve in 1976.
One woman was dedicated to protecting Poppy named Jane Seymour Pinheiro.
She moved to Antelope Valley in 1940 with her husband.
She became intrigued with desert plants, and she began to sketch and make paintings of them
as a self-taught artist.
Her watercolor renditions are so botanically correct that they are used for identification purpose.
Later she was to become an authority on local desert plants.
So the Jane Seymore Pinheiro Interpretive Center is named in honor of her.
The Poppy is a very sensitive flower
Well, did you know that these bright orange Poppies are significantly influenced by weather and
they are a very sensitive flower?
Poppies need a rainstorm that deposits at least 1/2 to 3/4 inches of rain before any significant number
of seeds will germinate.
Maximum poppy germination occurs following storms that deposit 1 1/2 to 2 inches of rain.
Any more than two inches in one storm and poppy seed germination decreases.
Also, the number of rainfalls in the winter season is important.
The Reserve has had outstanding poppy displays with as little as seven inches of total rainfall,
but with that small amount, the timing and strength of the individual storms are particularly important.
Over last twenty years, the Reserve’s annual rainfall has averaged about twelve inches per year, ranging
from a low of three inches to a high of twenty-six inches.
The best season to start germinating in late October or early November.
Earlier than this, there is a risk that the germinated plants will die in the still-high autumn temperatures
or the delay before the next rainstorm may be too long.
If storms start too much later than this, the soil has cooled and the young plants have shallower root
systems that are at higher risk from freezes or early spring hot spells.
Rainstorms in late February and March and even April are necessary to allow the plants to continue
to grow throughout the flowering season.
For maximum peak color, it is better to have had a single storm with the optimum rainfall, rather than
a series of moderate storms spread throughout the winter months.
Now I know how important is each rainstorm and the number of rainfalls for Poppies.
However, nowadays the weather is extremely variable so I hope that poppies can survive in such
a climate.
In the first half of the blooming season, when the soil is more moist, the orange dot is large enough to
completely cover the petals, creating the orange blossoms associated with the California poppy.
Later in the season, when the soil is drier, orange dot and the yellow starts to show.
At the end of the flowering season, the petals are almost all yellow.
As a sensitive flower, Poppies bloom in a different area and the numbers of flowers change every year.
So if you want to see poppies, check the timing on the website in advance.
About Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
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http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627
Warning points in Poppy Reserve
There are some warning signs in the Poppy Reserve.
Do NOT pick the wildflowers!
Everything is protected, from the tiniest wildflower to the rocks on the trail.
Damaging or collecting anything from the park is prohibited.
Poppies wilt immediately after being picked, and they hold the seeds that poppies need for the
next year’s wildflower.
I saw some tourists were taking photos while they were sitting on the poppy flowers.
Volunteer members told them not to sit on the flowers, but they ignored the instructions!
After they left that place, the poppy flowers wilted.
Stay on the official trails only!
Taking a picture, while standing off the trail, will crush all the plants along the way and
compact the soil, leaving lifeless bare dirt for the next few years or longer.
We saw a family walking in the plants’ area.
Volunteer members shouted to back to the trail, but the intruders ignored the warnings.
I felt bad about these kinds of rude people.
Do not bring dogs!
No foods inside the Reserve other than water!
And I recommend visiting the park in the early morning.
We got there around 10 AM.
However, already the parking lot was already almost full.
So we parked on the road, outside of the park then walked to the park.
When we got back to our car, even though the roadside was busy and almost packed with many cars!
Also, the road is a “no parking” area according to posted signs.
We were lucky because some cars were getting a parking ticket by police.
So these are the reasons why I recommend to visit there in the early morning.
Information about Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
(You can search the exact time for the season of poppies.)
↓ ↓ ↓
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627
The famous big rock formation ” Vasquez Rocks”
Well, after we visited Poppy Reserve then we drove to the famous rock formation called
” Vasquez Rocks”
Why these rocks are famous?
Because these rocks are used in many films, TV dramas, and commercials.
Star Trek, Austin Powers and The Bionic Woman are familiar to Japanese.
These had episodes filmed here.
This place is in about 50 minutes by car form Poppy Reserve.
These rocks are the famous rocks called Vasquez Rock.
The history of Vasquez Rocks
These rock formations were formed by rapid erosion during uplift about 25 million years ago.
First, the Tatavian who were the native Indians in South California was living here when
the Spanish arrived.
Their language was most likely a Takic Uto-Aztecan language.
After the Spanish missions come to the area, some of these people were forced to work with them.
They eventually began speaking Spanish.
The last Tatavian people died in 1916.
In 1874, Tiburcio Vasquez, one of California’s most notorious bandits, used to hide in these rocks to
escape from capture by police.
So people started to call this rock with his name, Vasquez Rocks.
Information about Vasquez Rocks Natural Area
↓ ↓ ↓
http://parks.lacounty.gov/vasquez-rocks-natural-area-and-nature-center/
So, I have introduced you to some great places to drive this time.
If you have a chance, I highly recommend that you go to these places.
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