Judi, Annemieke and I went on a nice hike after breakfast this morning through the Grinding Rocks Loop of Mission Trails park. We got some coffee for the trip, put Mieke in the Ergo, and headed into the park. It is very nice to live so close to the park and the visitor center, we were there in three minutes (and I have been hiking the Cowles Mountain trail more lately as well, since it is so easy to get to and the Ergo makes it easy to take Mieke). It was a wonderful, cool, overcast morning which are my favorite hiking conditions. There was a cool humidity in the air that filled the entire gorge with an herbaceous aroma of sage and other scents.
I have not seen San Diego this green in a very long time- at least since the winter 2004/2005 rains, and this may be the greenest I have ever seen it. Since November there has been at least a little bit of rainfall every seven to ten days, interspersed between unusually warm and sunny periods, which has kept all of the flora growing. Flowers are exploding everywhere, to the regret of my sinuses, though delight of Mieke who very much likes them. Everywhere I looked in the park I saw all sorts of plants in numbers I have never observed, and a throngs of flowers. We're due at least one more storm which is expected to roll in tomorrow, so we should get a few more weeks of this green before it is baked into summer brown. We also saw some intrepid baby cottontails and numerous birds.
Here are a few shots from the hike, with a link to Picasa below for some additional shots.
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