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Superbloom

Posted from San Antonio, Texas at 10:31 pm, April 9th, 2017

Two weeks ago I returned to the Carrizo Plain with Audrey to catch the height of this year’s superbloom. The flowers did not disappoint.

Wildflowers at the Carrizo Plain National Monument — Dr. Seuss apparently did the decorating.

Wildflowers at the Carrizo Plain National Monument — We had to drive up a super-sketchy “road” that consisted of two tracks through knee-high grass in order to get to these poppies. Totally worth it.

Wildflowers at the Carrizo Plain National Monument — Scale: note the people far away in the top right. There were flowers for days.

Wildflowers at the Carrizo Plain National Monument — From a distance I figured that this massive patch of wildflowers had to be some sort of lavender farm since it seemed inconceivable that there would be acres and acres of solid purple flowers all concentrated in one spot.

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