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Editor's Note: Please join us in welcoming Cecile Vargo as DeathValley.com's newest columnist. Many of you know Cecile through her popular and entertaining web site, www.ExploreHistoricCalif.com, and we're proud that she'll be periodically sharing her articles with our readers. For two days we lived isolated on the mountain, with only a few daring to venture up the Yellow Grade Road while we were there. We soaked up as much loneliness, and old time atmosphere as we could, but sadly had to come back to the real world. The transition from a ghosttown on a mountaintop in the Inyos above Owens Valley caught between the 19th, 20th, and 21st century to the reality of the modern 21st century life in the foothills of the San Gabriels here in Los Angeles is always a hard one. I spend the morning unpacking, and getting settled back in again, but I always try to savor the sweet solitude that I had on the mountain for awhile longer as well.
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 The Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) is one of the most abundant plants in the California deserts. This plant generally grows to between 2 and 6 feet tall, although it can grow much larger in favorable conditions. Creosote bush is well adapted to living in dry climates. The small resinous leaves resist water loss. Creosote also sheds leaves during dry spells. New leaves are produced when water is available again. In the spring, when water is more available, the Creosote bush produces delicate flowers in a dramatic show of yellow.  |
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