See Wildflowers at Mojave National Preserve, California

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While the magical Mojave wildflower show is by no means an annual event, a few well-timed soaking storms will produce a memorable spring wildflower bloom. Be sure to check in advance of heading to Mojave since they don't put on the same show every year. But when the wildflowers are out they carpet the ground in astonishing colorful display. In ordinary years when winter and early spring rains are scanty, the annual flowering plants are few. As though trying to make up for this poor showing, every few years comes an abundance of rain and there results such a wealth of blossoms that almost every foot of sand or gravelly soil is hidden beneath a blanket of flowers. April is typically the best time of the year for the wildflowers (March and May can also be good). Find out what's blooming and where throughout the desert, by going to Desert Wildflower Reports and/or The Theodore Payne Wildflower hotline http://www.theodorepayne.org/hotline.html. The Kelso Depot Visitor Center is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

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