Three Rivers Photos
Loretta Kills Road Weeds

01/28/05 - 01/30/05

 

Spring has sprung! And the flowers are all around. For all her talk about avoiding poison, Loretta sure is free with the Roundup

Actually, with all this rain, the road is getting covered with the local grasses and flowers. If we don't do something now, the road will quickly revert back. Roundup is the lesser of the evils.

(As always, click on the picture to get a larger picture that you can see better)

 

You can see the homesite is covered in white and yellow flowers - here you can see our stakes and twine home layout as well.


Closeup of the yellow flowers.

Closeups of the white flowers (slideshow)
 

There was lots of fog. At times, we couldn't even see the valley at all from the homesite.

The buckeye tree is fully leafed out now. Oak tree is in front. You can't see through the fog at all.

The buckbrush is starting to bloom, too.
 

Poison oak is also starting to leaf out. It's beautiful, but Loretta's bound and determined to get rid of it - at least in areas we'll be hiking in.

It's amazing how many ferns there are at this time of year.

Close up of one of the purple flowers.
 

Miner's lettuce is now starting to bloom as well. (slideshow)

And the manzanitas have shed their winter bark, leaving a gorgeous red bark underneath (slideshow)

Rob and Coco work on staking the west boundary of the property. (slideshow)
 

Rob set up the ATV so Loretta could spray the road without having to carry the 2-gallon container. (Okay, so Loretta is finally admitting that the ATV is useful as a work vehicle)

These beautiful flowers are in the road. Loretta took a picture of them before committing 'floracide'.

 

Links to other photo pages:

2006
Camp Repairs5    Grading the Road    Finish the Road    Clear Homesite Circle    Start Hydraulic Ripper Installation    Waterfalls & Rainbows    Chain Saw Loretta    Easter 2006   

2005
New ATV-New Year2005    Home Layout     Kyle Comes to Camp     Loretta Kills Road Weeds     Ryan Visits     Starting Counter Top     Finishing Cabinet     Easter 2005     Wesley's Spring Break     We meet the Architect     Finishing the Tree House     Our First Fire     Memorial Day 2005     Water Witching     Preparing the Well Site     Grading the Well Site     Digging the well     Our New Tractor     Labor Day 2005     Rusty comes to Camp     Smoothing the Road     Our own Water     Fire and Rain     Tractor Maintenance     Customize Tractor     New Backhoe     Thanksgiving 2005    Changing Oils     Solar Chargers & Toothbar    Rainy New Year Weekend   

2004
Three Rivers Home Page     Animal Friends     Then and Now     First Pictures     Rattlesnake Campout     Easter 2004     Building the Road     South Camp Construction     Building Decks     Finishing Decks     The Stair Master     Done at South Camp     Labor Day 2004     Leapin' Lizards     Tracking Bear and Deer     Securing the Camp     Our First Rain     Loretta's Family visits     Coco and the Boardwalk         Start the Treehouse     Frame the Treehouse