Death Valley Super Bloom
Death Valley Super Bloom
If you follow Tales from the Back Road on Facebook, or Instagram, you know were we’ve been this past week. Yep, we’ve been in Death Valley admiring the super bloom.
Al decided we better start making our way back to Utah where his shop is. It’s kinda early in my book, but he’s probably right about getting some stuff done there. Utah was having a major cold snap though, so we decided we better detour and wait for the weather. When I heard about the flowers, and what they are calling the Super Bloom in Death Valley I knew we needed to head that way. It wasn’t really that much of a detour, and it is a very special thing to see.
A lot of Desert Gold. A daisy type flower.
Desert Five Spot
Trying to photograph the flowers was not an easy thing to do. Taking close-ups was easy, but trying to get the whole scope of what we saw was impossible.
The Desert Gold was the flower that was pretty much everywhere. Fields of it.
This purple flower, Notchleaf Phacelia, was everywhere too.
When we would get out and walk, even just a little bit, we found other smaller flowers everywhere too.
Rock Daisy
Popcorn flower,
Purple mat. All of these are tiny flowers.
The brown eyed primrose were everywhere, as well as the yellow desert primrose.
This is called a gravel ghost, and yes, they were everywhere too.
These are just a few of the many, many photos I took. When I have time to look through all my photos I will be sharing more. I wanted to share these with you guys today though, and give you an idea of what we have been up to this past week. Right now, I’m pooped. Death Valley was an amazing place. Even without all the flowers it would be fun to see. So, more photos coming up in the next few days.
I did find this video that shows wayyyyyy better than I can what it looked like there. This is from CBS Sunday Morning, I used to watch this show every week. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/nature-death-valley-flowers/
you were there the right time… it is amazing how much beautiful things can grow between rocks and sand…mother nature has a hand for decorations :o)
It is amazing. Nature is so resilient.
It is sometimes really hard to capture a view as you see it in person. The flowers do look beautiful, though. It seems like you had just arrived in AZ, and already headed out.
Believe me, I wish we weren’t leaving Arizona so soon. The flowers were a nice detour though.
Good morning, gorgeous wildflowers. That does look like the place to be, beautiful flowers and views. Great photos. Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
How lovely. Where in the park did you find the blooms and did you have any problems finding a camp site? How long do you think the bloom will last? We hope to get out in a week or two to see for ourselves.
Camping is only in the campgrounds, which was a bummer. We stayed at sunset campground, but I think I would go to stovepipe wells instead. Smaller. The blooms are supposed to last for a while longer because the higher elevations are just getting going. They flowers were easy to find, the visitor center knows where is best at any given time.
Wow! Wow! Wow! what a gift to be able to see the super bloom in living colour.
Wow!
Thank you for sharing — it is grey and snowy and frosty here this morning. I love the colour you’ve added to my day.
So very special and beautiful, Mary! Love all the photos of the wildflower of the Death Valley.
Is it because of the rain they have been getting?
What a perfect time to be there! Those Rock Daisies and Gravel Ghosts are my favorites. Gorgeous pics, Mary.
Beautiful flowers, the photos would look good in frames like the one your husband made before. Love Dolly
Wow I had no idea there were so many flowers growing in the desert.
That was definitely worth detouring for!