Posted in Garden, Photography, tagged Cactus, California, drought, hiking, Peters Canyon on July 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I went for a ride thru Peters Canyon this morning. This is the worst year of drought I have seen in the 17+ years we have lived in this area. This reservoir is normally full and at least 12-15 feet deep.
This year, the reservoir is barely there.
The only plant life thriving are the cactus.
We’re praying for a lot of rain this year!
Posted in Family, Kids, tagged Cactus, Hike, Kids, Peters Canyon on December 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Today I took the boys out for a longer hike through Peters Canyon. We started at the main entrance off Jamboree and worked our way thru Cactus point, up Big Red and eventually back home. A total of about 4-5 miles.
The field of catci were in full bloom. This is a picture of the Prickly Pear cactus that grows abundant in our hills. You will note that they have large fixed spines and smaller hairlike spines. It is the fine hairlike spines that hurt and take weeks to remove. I know from the experience of having fallen on one of these on a bike ride a couple of years ago. Believe it or not, the fruit is edible and is sold in Mexican markets here in the Southland as Nopal.
Here are Vikram, Jordan and Nikhil.
Here they are at the top of Big Red.
This is a strenuous uphill that climbs 175 feet at a 12.5% grade. Here is Rajeev at the top – working up a sweat!
Here they all are at the end, thoroughly exhausted. The facial expressions are genuine pain!
A job well done. The rest of the day is relatively peaceful, with the boundless energy left on the mountains.
Posted in Kids, tagged Hike, Kids, Peters Canyon on December 28, 2007| 1 Comment »
Yesterday Abhijit and family came down from San Francisco to visit for a few days. The kids were a bit raucous so I took them on a hike to wear them out a bit.
Here we are at the start of the trail.
Here are Annika and Emma running down the hills.
Here are the four boys way out in front.
Here are Vikram, Rajeev, Jordan and Nikhil
Finally, here is a picture of the ridge where the fire was just a couple of months ago. The last couple of rains have started to green up the hills already. Look at the burned out tree trunks on the bottom left of the picture.
Khare Family Adventures 