Posts tagged “Spring Break”
Spring Break, day 5: Lotusland part 1
The last morning of our trip, we went to Lotusland. Lotusland is an absolutely incredible garden. Ganna Walska, a mediocre opera singer and incredibly beautiful woman, built it with the money of the men who loved her. This isn’t just a garden. It’s art. We only got to spend a few hours there. I could […]
Spring Break, day 3
So I’ve written about the first two days of spring break already. It’s been over a month since the trip, so I thought I’d try to finish up this week. The third day of the trip was spent mostly in the van. No one died. We did stop to stretch our legs and get a […]
Spring Break, day 1 with pictures
I’ve written about the first two days of my spring break already, but now there are many more pictures from day one and two! From our stop in the Mohave Desert: And night botanizing on the coast:
Spring Break 2008 – Day 2
Day two was way more fun. We did a little early morning botanizing around our campsite in San Simeon, then jumped in the car again. We drove just a little ways to Point Piedras Blancas and hung out at the beach with the seals for a few hours. This one was waving his flipper a […]
Spring Break 2008 – Day 1
For spring break, I went on a trip with my school’s Botany Club. We drove through the desert to Big Sur, then down along the coast to Santa Barbara. There was a great deal of botanizing. We all made it to the meeting point at 5AM and miraculously managed to fit all of our stuff […]
Spring break
Unlike all the other spring breaks of my college career, I’m going to do something fun this week. I’m excited about waking up to this. I’m excited about seeing strange oak trees. I’m excited about walking through this. But mostly I’m excited about the cycads here. I’ll post pictures in a week!