Well, good afternoon guys from Taft, California! Kind of a historic little oil
town on the Southern end of San Joaquin Valley. Today on the vlog, we are going to
take you somewhere.... Well we've been there before but we've never taken you there!
So what are we gonna show you today? Super Bloom 2019..... And where are we gonna
show it to you?.... Carrizo Plains!.... We are presently in Taft though and....
It's a pretty historical place! Can't say that it's anything too beautiful but...
There's a long history of oil in this area and ahhh....
Ben always says... What's the movie that it reminds you of?....There will be blood..There will
be blood... Yeah so.... Which is just pretty startling suiting for the oil industry...
Probably!....But if you haven't learned about Taft...It has a long history! It is really
interesting... Be sure to google it. You'll find out
some cool stuff!... We can't pass up this opportunity to see the wildflowers again!
Last time there's the Super Bloom was in 2017 and we were down in
the Anza Borrego area for general reference and it was gorgeous!
And Carizzo Plains is famous for their wild flowers as well! And this route that
we're gonna take is perfect for just sharing a nice.... I'm going to call it a little bit
more of an Overlanding adventure because there's dirt roads involved!
Alright guys! Since we have a truck
that's equipped for off-road travel... That's exactly what we're gonna do!
There's networks of dirt roads!.... They're not hardcore or anything but you
can just kind of zig and zag on these dirt roads in the hills. Instead of
staying on soda Lake Road. Why would you not want to do that!
Well I hope you're enjoying this drive so far
guys! We are gonna be looking for a campsite after meandering down these
dirt roads.... But it is absolutely gorgeous out here! This area is full of wildlife!
There's gigantic Jackrabbits.... On the valley floor there's Pronghorn Antelope...
On the mountains on the East side of this valley here are said to hold
chucker.... Which is an upland game bird that lives on the side of mountains. It's
fun seeing everybody out! It's Sunday! So seeing everybody out for their Sunday
drives and take in this foliage while it's present....
Alright guys it's time to get off the road for the evening.... We are pulling into
KCL Campground. It's ahhh... BLM land!...And if I
remember correctly, it used to be free to stay here!... Cheers!
Dinner time right?... We have been relaxing here! Ben has been working on some
videos..... I've been reading a new book I started....
We're gonna have some tacos for dinner! Yeah! Rotisserie chicken deconstructed
and turned in to...And some beans....And salad.... And warm....Tortillas.... It's nice here! Look at it!..It's
beautiful and no cell phone service either!.... I know!...I don't know if we'll know
what to do with ourselves!... It'll be nice for a night! ..Hahaha...
Shelby's happy!... Hi....Say hello...
Good morning and welcome to Day 2 of our Carrizo Plain Super Bloom 2019 video!
I guess day 2 is just going to be us working our way North on Soda Lake Road...
Before we cut over to the Central Coast!...Ahh... Yeah! This is still just gorgeous!
The campground notes here... This time of year, I'm sure it's very seasonal but...
It filled up about mid-afternoon and people kept coming in and coming in...
Looking for campsites.... And not that there aren't campsites, you know like that dude
up there on that Knoll who came in late... It probably worked out better because he's up
there all by himself! But yeah! This is just a great little camping area free..It is
always nice and maaan it is just so awesome out here
during the wildflower season!
We are approaching a very fascinating area! And if you want more details just
google it! But what it is...It's called California Valley. At one time somebody
had very high, high hopes for real estate and development in this area up here. And
everything fell through.... So you can google it but right now and for decades
the land has been dirt cheap up here! Some spots have good water where you can
like drill a well.... Other spots with the alkaline.... Not so good at all!.. Like I said, we're driving
on washboard road guys!... The interesting part that in more recent times is that...
During California's medical marijuana period of time, I don't even know all the
dates.... But at one period of time, this area up here... Was like the mecca for
growing marijuana in this part of the state! Snd the rules and regulations have
all changed over the years... And had the whole environment of it has changed but..
It's really fascinating because you see all of these properties that have the
fences around them.... And you're wondering like, what is that and we found out that....
It's just giant grow operations scattered everywhere throughout here. So
there's your little bit of trivia for the day. Thanks for riding along with us
on this brief journey through Corrizo Plains and Super Bloom 2019! We are very
impressed! I think you can still come out here for another two weeks or so and ahh...
There's a lot of flowers having bloomed yet so we're looking at them and... This
place could become carpeted with even more colors if you guys head out here!
And right now it's like what? March 20... 24th or 25th of 2019 guys! Thanks for riding
along with us.... Hit that SUBSCRIBE button and we will catch you on the road! Bye...