While down in Orange County visiting my sister, I was delighted to find there were some nice few hour hikes with in a thirty minute drive of Disneyland. And so, I pulled out my I phone and typed in Weir Canyon regional park. Unfortunately my I phone occasionally locates things on the corner of ‘could be” and “not likely.” and so I pulled up to a end of the street that had a trail that could be the right one, but didn’t seem very likely since I was expecting a trail sign more encouraging than “no trespassing.” However, with the help of a couple of policemen, I soon got to the right location.
The trail is actually twenty two miles long and goes from upper orange county down to the beach at Laguna, but I only had time for about five miles of the trail. California has had a lot of rain and the country side was still green with a lot of wild flowers.
The trail went up and down over hill and dale with a lot of canyons and skyline shots.
I lived in Southern California for a year and do not remember the hills being this green. Normally it would be the beginning of fire season, but I guess La Nina was wet for all of us.
And the wild flowers were out in profusion, as well as the California sage which can be seen in the foreground of the following photo. The California sage was used by the early pioneers to get rid of bed bugs and fleas. get some for your next trip to New York.
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