Wildflower Report
Here are a couple of flower reports that have been left in the comments.
The first one is from Bob regarding the Southern Sierra flowers:
My first visit here. So far a real great read. For my first post I would like to reccomend a trip up 180 East of Fresno now. The Blue Bonnets are amazing this year. The best trip is up 180 through the park and back down the 198 side toward Visalia. The Three Rivers area is in full bloom now. I ride my Harley up into the hills as much as possible and yes I do stop to smell the flowers. I was up in Shaver last weekend. The best thing was how green it was. We were lucky to get some good snow late this year. Some is still hiding in the shade below Shaver. It is wonderful to see the wild flowers blooming in a small medow with patches of snow in the back ground.
And this one is from Susan about the Bishop Iris:
Hi all..
The iris are not nearly as pretty as 2 years ago. They have definitely beeen damaged by the winds of the past week. The cleanest ones I saw were actually in the field of “Farmers Pond.” Brockman Lane had you looking hard for good purple as did See Vee.
Perhaps withthe change in forcast for this week the leftovers in Bishop will have a better showing!!
Susan
Thanks guys! If anyone else has any reports on Sierra wildflowers or any trip reports, please share them with us.
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I’m heading for the Eastern Sierra and staying in Bishop this weekend. I’m familar with Brockman and See Vee, but where is Farmer’s Pond? Thanks is advance for the info.
Kahlee,
I’m not sure what Farmers Pond Susan is talking about. The only Farmers Pond I know of is out Hwy 6 and there aren’t any Iris out there. Maybe Susan can tell us a little more.
Hi again…
Farmers Pond is a field where cows, horses and sheep graze right next to highway 395. If you coming into Bishop from the LA area it is on your left side prior to hitting Jack and the Box. There are trees in the distance and usually the field fills with snow runoff thus giving the name Farmers Pond. If you get there early in the morning ie> 5am… you can catch the sunrise colors in the runoff with crystal clear skies and majestic mountains in the background. Good Luck…hope this helps!!
I can vouch for the glorious showing of wildflowers up the 198 to sequoia park, and also on the road up to Mineral King. There is still a lot of snow on the ground in the Giant Forest area, the meadows up at the top are just thawed out, with lots of grasses and wildflowers starting to pop up.
Pics here
http://www.care2.com/c2c/photos/view/222/935140580/Sequoia_Spring/