John Rieber shares the third travel post in this current series.. Because there tends to be a large number of wonderful photographs in John’s posts, I will give you a starter… and let you head over to his blog to finish the post. I also recommend that you check out his more recent posts.. a great deal on offer.
Visit Nature’s Calla Lily Valley! Amazing Pacific Ocean Adventure! by John Rieber
Welcome to Paradise! The unbelievable coastline of California…
I forget how spectacularly beautiful this part of our country is, with obscure places to pop in and see amazing beauty, like this:
Garrapata State Park – 19 Sign Posts Of Beauty!
Nestled on Highway 1, just 6.7 miles south of the art community of Carmel – Garrapata State Park hugs the coast and offers amazing views in all directions…with more than two miles of beach, and a number of hiking trails in all directions…
The state park is “scattered” along 19 separate areas – so obscurely “numbered” that you’ll never find them as you drive past…however, each one has a nice turnoff to park your car, and once you get a sense of why people are pulled over, you are on your way…
Alex found our turnoff, and the small trail that took us to an incredibly hidden find: a Calla Lily Valley!
Welcome To California’s Hidden Calla Lily Valley!
Yes, after a short walk, you drop down to the ocean – and inland there is a small valley full of wild Calla Lilies!
Here is video that shows them off:
Head over to John’s blog to see the rest of the photographs that he and Alex took that day: https://johnrieber.com/2017/05/29/visit-natures-calla-lily-valley-amazing-pacific-ocean-adventure/
©John Rieber 2017
About John Rieber
I love great food, interesting books, fascinating travel, outrageous movies, and bacon, especially when it sits on top of a great cheeseburger! I work in entertainment – and I have been lucky enough to interview some really talented Artists – that guides my posts: interesting and provocative movies, music, social media and of course, food, since I believe strongly in the maxim, “everyone eats!”
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My thanks to John for sharing his post about this spectacular place on the Californian coast. I am looking for archive posts to share over Easter in a couple of weeks time if you are interested.
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Sally, thank you so much for sharing – there are so many incredible places to visit, and some, like this, are alongside a road – the beauty is no charge!
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Thanks John. I agree. which is why we will be visiting as much of Ireland as we can now we are back.. sometimes beauty is on your own doorstep..
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I am going to send a link to the family of a child in one of my Music Together classes named “Calla.” I have never thought about them actually growing in the wild… apparently they like water! THANK YOU for sharing a lovely glimpse of the CA coastline with an armchair traveler like me…
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Absolutely beautiful! Will have to go and see for myself sometime soon!
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Certainly spectacular Susanne..
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Gorgeous!
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I would love to see in full bloom and in person.. x
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Me, too!
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These photographs really are spectacular, Sally. I love the lilies.
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It must be quite the sight in person. xx
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