Sunday, April 12, 2009

Santa Cruz Island, cont.

More island shots & vegetation representation. Cacti:

At different spots, the island reminded me of Scotland, Ireland, Newfoundland, the Maine coast, Wyoming, and the Flint Hills of Kansas!

Trying to be artsy:


Gorgeous green. :)

Hard to believe this is within 100 miles of about 15 million people.

Running here was pretty cool:

Signed junctions on the more popular trails:

I don't know what it is, but it's NOT a dandelion:

Blue dicks (stop laughing) were everywhere:
Don't know the name of this one, but I like it:

One of many, many fields of blue dicks:

This blossom is little bigger than a pencil eraser:

1 comment:

Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith said...

Looks like a great place to run! ;-)

Positive mention of the Flint Hills always gets my attention! Thanks!
So happy it brought me to your site. Hope you and your readers visit regularly.

Our 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc. promotes visits to the Kansas Flint Hills – the website is: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/

Best wishes!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Personal Blog: http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/