Move over Death Valley with your recent claim to having the best spring wildflower show ever – the High Country Desert conditions of America’s Adventure Place are setting the stage for a virtual explosion of color all over the mountains.

The bad memories of shoveling/plowing out 8 foot drifts of snow across my driveway (over and over and over again) are now fading fast. It’s been said that pain has no memory, and surely these wildflowers are just the antidote to letting go of that outrageous winter with all the toiling in the snow. Spring is finally here!

Dawn is Kona’s (my dog) and my favorite time of day – everything is waking up to multiple possibilities. Lately, we’ve taken to walking along a wonderful dirt road that threads the southwestern edge of Reno. I often startle groups of deer, who then scamper high up the mountain and stand like rows of statues, watching us below as we walk the road. The quail, Meadowlarks, Robins and Scrub Jays slowly all chime in as the sun rises.

I have never seen so many flowers here in the springtime. Beyond the legendary ski season the snows provided, this snow has made the hillsides and mountains literally blanketed with flowers. I’ve always loved Indian Paintbrushes – but, all those violets – in yellow, blue and purple – they will steal your heart away!

Here are some pictures from my outing.

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