Looking back at the lupine fields in a wet year - 2010. This year I drove I-5 almost the same weekend and there wasn't a lupine in sight.
Blue Dick (Brodiaea) in field of lupine at Grapevine, CA. 03-21-10
Field of Lupine near Grapevine, CA 03-21-10
I-5 in the very top of the picture.
I-5 in the very top of the picture.
Oregon Grape flower (Mahonia aquifolium)
Oak Harbor, WA 04-26-13
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You are right, Del--there were no wildflowers at the base of the Grapevine this year. We all missed the beautiful display.
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