“It looks like something out of the Wizard of Oz.”Slavey, who does marketing for a law firm, and her husband, Robert, left their home in San Diego early Saturday morning, and drove toward Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Like thousands of others across the Southland, they made the pilgrimage into the desert this weekend to witness a once-in-a-decade wildflower “super bloom” — the aftereffect of heavy winter rains. Yellow desert dandelions, purple sand verbenas and white desert lilies — the crowd favorite. For Borrego Springs — the tiny town surrounded by the park — the super bloom has created a bit of pandemonium. You can’t even get into our visitor’s center right now,” she said, adding that nearly 300 people had already signed into the visitor’s log by noon on Friday.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 12, 2017 20:15 UTC