Remember how California was all dry last year? El Niño has fixed that and it’s spectacular. Check out the lesser-known Carrizo Plain National Monument, an out-of-the-way grassland and dry lake bed in a remote area east of San Luis Obispo, which has erupted with wildflowers and transformed the landscape from brown to gold.
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