The Blooming Desert
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Even though the Rocky Mountain winters give us a pristine playland of snow, by the time Spring arrives cabin fever strikes hard and I’m ready for a dose of warmth and sunshine. That’s when I head to the desert.
For a few weeks after the Spring rains, when the nights are still cool and the days are welcomingly warm, but not yet hot, you can see the high desert come alive with color. Although my timing isn’t always right, when it is, the display is spectacular. Not in the enormous fields of sunflowers way you see in the midwest, but in a cactus blooming out of a rock or bright blooms growing on what looks like sticks in the sand way.
If you’re a nature lover, but have never been to the desert in the Spring, start planning a trip now. You’ll be amazed at what is hidden there.
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