What started as a VERY windy day on Saturday turned into an ideal day for a group hike of the PCT from my place to “Anza’s Grand Canyon” and back. The event was sponsored by the Anza Borrego Foundation, the non-profit organization that both handles fundraising for land acquisition and offers programming in and related to the Park, as this one. This event was part of their Hikes and Hops series, and ended with beers for the participants at my picnic tables after the hike.

Because of the cold, wet weather we had had over the past week, wildflower blooms were still very close to peak, with both wild canterbury bells and lupine putting on a great show, as did this manzanita.