We spent the past weekend in Indian Canyons, a palm oasis on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. Our first trip in was guided by an ethno-botanist. Despite expressing her nervousness as a new teacher Jennifer was like a seasoned professional with her "visual aids" and careful planning.The class started on the bedrock mortar where deep holes were formed centuries ago to prepare food. Jennifer pulled a box of mesquite cookies out of her bag of tricks and we munched the sweet treats she had made with her own ground mesquite flour!
Later up the trail we sampled tiny native dates - a bit dry but with the familiar date flavour (I kept the seed and will be attempting to grow a California Date Palm in the Victoria climate!).We identified all the native plants on the trip up the beautiful Andreas Canyon but also decided a return trip was a good idea in order to take time to enjoy the beauty slowly.
Later up the trail we sampled tiny native dates - a bit dry but with the familiar date flavour (I kept the seed and will be attempting to grow a California Date Palm in the Victoria climate!).We identified all the native plants on the trip up the beautiful Andreas Canyon but also decided a return trip was a good idea in order to take time to enjoy the beauty slowly.
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