The Land of Oz: Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

I am not a huge fan of the Wizard of Oz.  I prefer to watch it with Pink Floyd doing the soundtrack.  (This works by the way.)  Anyway, not more than 90 minutes from Los Feliz lies the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve.  I came a little late in the season but was still able to find some large clusters of California Poppies.  I was blessed with a reasonably windy day.  

The antelope valley can be windy enough to tear the paint off your car and wreck your windshield too, which is a Frank Zappa reference for those of you who might be interested in such things.

I think the best time to come is a little earlier in the spring, perhaps around the beginning of March rather than early May, which is when I went.  Here are all the details:

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627