Coming Down The Mountain

Coming down the mountain.  Kind of a journey from paradise at 7000 feet back to the reality of Los Angeles.  Here are yellow flowers growing on the hills on the side of the road, as we started down from the top of the mountain, toward civilization.

There were so many different growing zones that were so obvious as we gradually descended back to sea level.  You could see the area where the timberline stopped and it was bare above the pine trees.  This is when we were back to about 2000 feet and you can see how different things grow at different elevations.  Also, clearly this area had suffered a burn because so many of the bushes were totally burned and were dead.

Only in Los Angeles would you see a collection of overlapping bridges at one of the intersection on Highway 10, commonly known as "The Ten" a really busy freeway that starts at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California, and goes all the way to Jacksonville, Florida!

When we got back down to nearly sea level, we were on this road, and I was stunned to see high tension power going off into the distance.  I don't ever remember seeing anything like this before!

"The Ten." Eight lanes of traffic, four in each direction and packed with cars!  Fortunately there were only minor delays on our three hour trip home.