This past fall, we took a Route 66 trip across our great nation. When we got to California, we kept going west to the coast to visit some of Mr. G's family in San Luis Obispo. I wanted to go across some agriculture land of CA after seeing their wonderful commercials of "Happy Dairy Cattle" in the middle of green fields. We took highway 58. I have some haunting imagines that burned into my head that were of land I did not expect to see. They come to mind every time I hear about the Great California Drought. In some cases, I think it's suppose to be a dry land, but when I see there was grass, then I tend to think different. When I use google map to go down on the highway, I do see it's a bit greener and remind myself, even though google took those pictures maybe a couple of years ago, that means this area had been in a drought for about 8 years.
I'll now let these Wordless Wednesday shots speak for themselves as they take you on a Journey Through the ongoing California Drought.
Closer to the coast, about 50 miles before San Luis Obispo.
God bless these farmers and the residents of California.
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wow. Such desolate looking land. Hopefully they will be blessed with some rain soon.
ReplyDeleteWhat awesome photos and here in Iowa with all of our snow and the possibility of flooding this spring....it is hard to remember the drought in California!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder, we do need to keep them in our prayers! Beautiful photos too. ~Diane
ReplyDeleteWow, those are awesome shots. I can't imagine how difficult that must be for farming industry.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos but sad ~ I would love to ship all the snow out there ~ thanks, carol, xxx
ReplyDeleteThat is barren! It is so easy to get caught up in your own surroundings and forget that it is not the same for everyone.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful country! Wide open and hilly at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI have seen so many photos of drought-stricken California on the newshour. It is tragic. And it will for sure affect prices of produce and milk in other areas of the country. We better be ready. It is so sad, a place that was once lush and green. Let me know when Carol gets her snow ready to ship. I'll gladly send our 2' along with it.
ReplyDeleteWow, I really haven't seen any pictures of California and the drought. Very powerful images. We live on a farm in Illinois and it's definitely not dry, we are expecting a dry summer but not yet. Just one year is a killer for us here, I don't want to imagine 10 years!
ReplyDeleteIt does look a bit parched....http://lauriekazmierczak.com/screened-print/
ReplyDeleteI live in California and I know there's a drought, but seeing those photos really drove it home. People care a lot about their lawns, but the sight of those dry fields makes me really want to plant California native plants even more...
ReplyDeleteWhat great photos. You've captured the land perfectly. This drought is so serious and it's implications are HUGE. Praying for rain...
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