We just finished our most rainy week we have had in years! I had forgotten what it was like to have rain and cloud cover for days on end- it was a reminder as to why we eventually moved from Seattle. Too much of those gray days just got to us after awhile! The great thing about having rain in the desert is that you know eventually the sun will come out.
We decided to hike up Rattlesnake Canyon yesterday which is our favorite place to go after a nice rainfall. Located at the Indian Cove entrance, it is a beautiful place to be at any time of the year. It is always a wonderous sight to hike through the cactus and rock and turn the corner to find the mini waterfalls flowing down the canyon creating pools of water in the boulder outcrops. In the summer time when the monsoon season hits and its 100 degrees out, you can soak in these pools after a rain fall.
Because we don’t get much moisture here in the Mojave, the rain is always appreciated. Unlike the rainy days in the northwest where you want to crawl back into bed because there is yet another day of rain, as soon as we feel the rain coming here, we dance around with smiles on our faces. The barrel cactus turn a vibrant red, the creosote bush let off a smell of aged wood, and the ground comes alive with moss and grass- yes, it does grow here in the desert!
Living in the desert makes you appreciate every tiny detail of life. Because it can be such a barren place, you notice the tiny yellow flowers when they bloom, or a small patch of moss growing on the shaded underbelly of a rock, even the weeds are appreciated- we call a lot of them spring flowers!
This rain also means that we should have a wonderful Spring Flower Season this year…we can’t wait!
Below is a snapshot of what our MotionX iphone app recorded. Click here to see a more detailed version on Google Maps.
Below is a snapshot of what our MotionX iphone app recorded. Click here to see a more detailed version on Google Maps.
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