Malibu In Bloom

 …Continued from yesterday:   
     The 7-year drought that California has been under finally broke this winter with torrents of rain that have replenished the water table and, among other benefits, covered the normally brown arid hills of Malibu with a carpet of desert flowers.
     And so on Thursday morning Tom, myself, and our California hosts headed up the Pacific Coast Highway,

…to Malibu where the hills were, indeed, in bloom,

       Our hiking trail.

     We hiked, taking in the scenery along the way,

…along the wide paths, 

​...and the narrow,

…and among the flowers,

…until the path became too rocky and treacherous,

...at which point we headed back to the trail head,

​...where we stopped for a little snack,

...then we headed back home. ​