Well, maybe not quite profusely.
Got on the bike this AM and set sail northwest towards Tehachapi Pass in hopes of doing a little trainwatching.
Fist paused at the Hwy 138 junction in Cajon Pass to insert the earplugs that I'd forgotten to bolt in at home, and took this quick snap of the Mormon Rocks that host Sullivan's Curve: the rails are just out of sight at the base of the rocks in this photo.
From Cajon Pass I headed north on 395 to Kramer Junction (Pronounced "Hell-hole") and turned west on Hwy 58: paralleling the BNSF tracks running between Barstow (Pronounced "Barstool". Yes, really.) and Mojave, CA. for about 40 miles.
Noticed that the BNSF has recently erected solar power collectors next to some few of their block signals, but didn't stop to take pictures. Nor could I figure out why there were collectors next to some block signals but not others.
Rode through Tehachapi to Keene, where I exited the Freeway and followed the (very) old highway three miles back up the hill to the Loop; where I dismounted and pounded the dents out of my spine while I waited for a train to show up. Took this while waiting:
They don't call it the California Poppy Reserve for nothing, and I've seen the desert bloom before, but never anything like this. So I headed due south until I was on a dirt road surrounded by several thousand acres of blooming flowers, and took these:
~Pete