In March 2018 my wife booked a three day weekend for us in the Sprinter camper van
that I’ve been drooling over for since 2017. It’s a custom build by VanCraft that looks to fit all my wanderlust requirements and
she booked it on Outdoorsy. I was hooked then and my wife and I pulled the trigger and
purchased a newly converted VanCraft adventure van in October (2018). They completed
the conversion and handed off the keys in early December.
Our friends at Seven Seas Roasting Company in South Park
(San Diego, CA) planned their grand opening on 3/16 and my wife and I planned
to attend. We figured we’d stop off at few spots along the way and just make it
a big adventure day (and we did).
My friend just went to the Walker Canyon the weekend before
and said the super Bloom is really something you should see at least once in
your lifetime- so we added that to the list. I did some research online and
found a spot south of Walker Canyon in Pala called Oceanview Mines were you collect
crystals and gems so I reserved us a spot there too. Plus we had the grand
opening at Seven Seas so I figured that was probably enough planned stuff and
we could figure out stuff to do in between if we extra time on our hands.
Friday we loaded up the van with supplies (food, snacks
water, extra clothes etc) and planned for an early start Saturday morning. We
got on the road at 6:30 am and headed east then south on the 15. We arrived at
the exit on Lake st near Lake Elsinore and it was already backed it on the
freeway. We exited anyway and couldn’t turn left at the bottom, the Cops had it
blocked off and there were people everywhere walking towards the super bloom
mountains there that were covered in orange poppy flowers. It looked like a
black Friday sale and there were way too many people for my comfort, so my wife
and I agreed to get back on the freeway and head farther south and hopefully
find a less busy area (and we did).
Just a little way down the freeway we took another exit,
turned left wand made our wanderlust way thru a small city surrounded by
flowers canyons. I saw a promising spot that was hiding behind a gas station so
we eventually made our way there after driving around till the landscape
started to change. We parked at the gas station and hiked up a very steep
cement rain gutter. And found an empty area where we could literally stop and
smell the flowers.
After taking in the view and taking a few pictures we hiked
back to our van and headed south again. And on towards our next destination of
the day- Oceanview Mines. (Read all
about it here in Part #2)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.