The California State Department of Parks & Recreation includes 280 different park units, including reserves, beaches, trails, historic sites and vehicular recreation areas - for a combined area of over 1.5 million acres. California State Parks contains the largest and most diverse natural and cultural heritage holdings of any state agency in the nation. I kept reading news reports that if you are into wild flowers the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the place to be in late winter, especially if it has rained. So, I thought I’d check it out. This Park was established in 1933 and spans three CA counties: San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial. It’s the largest state park in the lower 48 states, with more than 1,000 square miles and over 650,000 acres. The park is registered as a National Natural Landmark, the same as Colorado’s beloved Garden of the Gods.

Listen to 92.9 FM in the Denver locale, and 89.3 HD3 anywhere from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins!

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638

https://theabf.org/

https://borregowildflowers.com/pages/blooming.html

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2018-12-01&place_id=95385&subview=grid&iconic_taxa=Plantae

http://www.abdnha.org/pages/03flora/reports/current.htm

https://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca_abdsp.html

Carrizo Gorge Railway from the Goat Canyon Trestle

https://allaroundnevada.com/impossible-railroad/