The San Diego Carleton Club

Invites you to experience the spectacular wild flowers of the Anza Borrego Desert

We will meet at the same place as last year, at the Yaqui Wells Camping Area (Tamarisk Grove) and will then drive to our wildflower hiking location. It is not possible to know this far in advance just where the best blooms will be found but the heavy rains this past winter have already made for green hillsides and many early flowers. By all accounts the display will be spectacular this year. The park has a flower hotline where the latest information can be found and your organizer will do her best to make the trip worth your while. In past years with heavy rains there have been fields that looked pink from a distance because of the abundance of sand verbena. In addition to these annuals there are many perennial bushes, which should be in bloom and probably many cacti as well. You will have to attend to find out.

During the day we will break for lunch, so please bring something to eat in addition to water, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, and sturdy shoes.

Sunday March 6.

Drive to hike starts at 10:30.

Meet at 10:15 near bathrooms of camping area.

Directions: I-8 E toward EL CENTRO (33.5 miles). Take the CA-79/JAPATUL RD exit- exit number 40- toward JULIAN (0.3 miles). Turn LEFT onto CA-79 (23.0 miles). Turn RIGHT onto CA-78 E. Take Highway 78 East to Yaqui Pass Road. Turn left (north) and then very shortly park on the right side of the road near the campground. Walk to the main entrance road by the ranger station (not through the actual campground), turn in right and a few yards down to the right are the bathrooms. Yaqui Wells Camping Area is a little more than two hours from San Diego. From North County, take 78 East to Julian and follow the directions above.

There may be a charge for using and parking on the unpaved park roads. Plan accordingly.

Please RSVP by February 28 to Candace Kohl 858-259-1903, ckohl@ucsd.edu

858-353-4395 (cell phone) for day of event only in case you will be late.

The San Diego Carleton Club

Desert Wild Flowers

Sunday March 6.

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