{"id":1107,"date":"2010-04-29T08:34:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T16:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2010-04-29T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T16:34:20","slug":"poppies-antelope-valley-poppy-reserve-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/poppies-antelope-valley-poppy-reserve-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppies! Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I took a 3 dayer trip to Joshua Tree (had a great time, pics to come), the Monday I got back I decided to take an impromptu trip to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. This year was a banner year according to the rangers there. I&#8217;ve been once before in 2008 and it was no comparison. They have several interconnecting trails amongst the hills there. I wasn&#8217;t fully dressed for a hike as I had on jeans and Ked type shoes on but at least I had my cowgirl hat for shade (there&#8217;s no shade there though the visitor center is nicely airconditioned). The poppies close up in response to cold and wind so a bright sunny day is best for viewing though not best if you are carrying around a full camera bag and tripod. Still, it was a great hike for an impromptu trip and I highly recommend going out there while the bloom is still happening. The rangers said if the weather holds (stays mild and doesn&#8217;t get too hot) the bloom could last another week, but it&#8217;s about at its peak right now.<\/p>\n<p>My pics from the day (click through on a picture to see it bigger).<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" id=\"ssidx\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/cdn.smugmug.com\/ria\/ShizamSlides-2009120303.swf?AlbumID=12005672&#038;AlbumKey=erXK7&#038;transparent=true&#038;bgColor=&#038;borderThickness=&#038;borderColor=&#038;useInside=&#038;endPoint=&#038;mainHost=cdn.smugmug.com&#038;VersionNos=2009120303&#038;showLogo=false&#038;width=500&#038;height=500&#038;clickToImage=true&#038;captions=false&#038;showThumbs=true&#038;autoStart=true&#038;showSpeed=true&#038;pageStyle=white&#038;showButtons=true&#038;randomStart=false&#038;randomize=false&#038;splash=&#038;splashDelay=0&#038;crossFadeSpeed=350\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I took a 3 dayer trip to Joshua Tree (had a great time, pics to come), the Monday I got back I decided to take an impromptu trip to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. This year was a banner year according to the rangers there. I&#8217;ve been once before in 2008 and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,108,155,123,120,370,152,154],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1ZbT-hR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1906,"url":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/yosemite-valley-trip-7-days-of-awesome-part-iii-rest-days-and-half-dome\/","url_meta":{"origin":1107,"position":0},"title":"Yosemite Valley Trip: 7 Days of Awesome &#8211; Part III &#8211; Rest Days and Half Dome","author":"Eileen Ringwald","date":"July 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Part III - Rest Days and Half Dome [See Part I here] Yosemite National Park. 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