Following the Guiton Trail

Monarch Butterfly Enjoying Wild Radish Blooms, Pismo Beach, Photo by Kathy Vilim

After leaving the Dunes, my head still full of endless drifts of sand and the sound of waves pounding relentlessly, I yearned for a place with more plant life to explore.  Less than a mile away, I found the perfect spot:  Pismo Beach State Park, Oceano Campground, home to a nature center with an Interpretive [...]

May is Wildflower Month

Silver Bush Lupine (Lupinus albifrons), Topanga Canyon Photo by Kathy Vilim

  May is underway, the month that is the bridge between Spring & Summer.  In the Santa Monica Mountains, it is a month of vibrant color.  The hillsides are bejeweled in blooms of yellow, orange, pink, white, purple & blue.  Flowers are strewn from here to there, seemingly at random, as if at the whim [...]

Happy Trails

Parker Mesa Overlook, Topanga State Park, CA, Photo by venturacountytrails.org

Trails. They take us on a journey from here to there, from beginning to end, from past to future.. Trails are the way we are able to observe wildlands.  Whether they are trails made by rangers through Parklands or National Forest, they weave through the countryside inviting us to come along. Trails are not static, [...]

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