Wildflowers in the IWV

Goldfields with Owens Peak in distance

With over 4 inches of rain between Nov 1st 2014 and March 1st 2015, the area is seeing quite a bit of flowers, especially when our yearly total of rain is around 5 inches. Take a drive behind the college and you will see many great flowers. The area is predominantly Goldfield, but you will also see the Desert Dandelion on the edges of roads/trails all over the area. Blue Lacy Phacelia is seen near the bases of the creosote bushes. Another great area to visit is the canyons near the brewery. Short Canyon has brought some small fields of California Poppies, as well as a few other flowers. Please remember as you go check out the flowers, do not pick them. They cannot leave seeds for next season when picked.

Desert Dandelion Along roads/trails, all over the valley	Coreopsis	Blue Lacy Phacelia Behind and near the college
Blue Gilia Found in Short Canyon	California Poppy Found in Short Canyon	Yellow Primrose Found below Short Canyon
Red Maids	Big White Primrose Found in Short Canyon, but not many	Brown-eyed Primrose Found below Short Canyon
 Coreopsis and Fiddleneck with Ridgecrest in distance	Goldfields with a Blue Phacelia	Looking South behind College

A big Thank You goes to Janet Westbrook as she helped me to identify the names of these great flowers.

Ridgecrest/Inyokern/Indian Wells Valley Free TV Channels

Channel	Physical Channel	Name	Station	Quality	Notes
2.1	15	CBS	KCBS	1080HD	LA News
4.1	17	NBC	KNBC	1080HD	LA News
5.1	21	KTLA	KTLA	1080HD	LA News
5.2	21	Antenna TV	KTLA	480SD	-
5.3	21	This TV	KTLA	480SD	-
7.1	23	ABC	KABC	1080HD	LA News
7.2	23	LVN	KABC	1080HD	Live Well Network
9.1	45	KCAL	KCAL	1080HD	LA News
11.1	47	FOX	KTTV	1080HD	LA News
13.1	49	KCOP	KCOP	1080HD	-
21.1	19	Heartland	KZGN	720HD	Ridgecrest Local Station
21.2	19	Tuff-TV	KZGN	480SD	Ridgecrest Local Station
21.3	19	Corner Store	KZGN	480SD	Infomercials
28.1	51	KCET	KCET	-	-
28.2	51	KCETLINK	KCET	-	-
28.3	51	VME	KCET	-	-
29.4	51	HNK	KCET	-	-
34.1	16	KMEX-TV	KMEX	1080HD	Spanish
34.2	16	UNIMAS	UNIMAS	1080HD	Spanish
41.1	33	K31MB-D	City	1080HD	City
58.1	39	KLCS-DT	PBS	1080HD	-
64.1	20	KILM-DT	KILM	480SD	-
64.2	20	World	-	480SD	-
64.3	20	PBS	PBS	720HD	-

These are Free Over-The-Air TV Channels that are available in the Indian Wells Valley, Ridgecrest, Inyokern and China Lake. Most are rebroadcast from the IWV TV Booster located on Laurel Mountain. These channels can be picked up by pointing your antenna south towards Laurel Mountain, the transmitting tower looks like the white golf ball on the top of the mountain.