mook Wrote:
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> Should be good over the next month or so in the
> Central Valley too - assuming the floods don't
> reappear. With the sheet-flooding of a couple of
> weeks ago down, the vernal pools and grassland in
> various reserve areas should be fabulous. Several
> rail lines run through or near them. Too bad WRM
> doesn't run trains to Maine Prairie any
> more...tracks are gone.

The tracks WRM's "Wildflower Trains" used to run on are still there, but unmaintained (I hear there's a good-sized washout near Dozier). These trains no longer run because the Train Haters felt threatened by their success (as opposed to their beloved trolleys) and did whatever they could to drive the "train people" away. Interestingly, there are members of the current museum administration who are unaware these trains ever ran. Too bad, the wildflowers were indeed spectacular, lots of people had a good time, and the museum made lots of money. Oh well...