Photo by Hailey Knight as they were stopped in traffic for the signal light.
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Too many people!
LOTS of people, but it was a beautiful day and sunset.
I was just there last Monday and it was clear that the stream had raged through the canyon during our 3 weeks of storms. Where the Calla lilies were in full bloom last year, they had now full bare patches where they had been washed away. As we walked toward the ocean, pieces of their stalks were visible. Very sad. I hope enough bulbs remain to bloom more again next year. Would I go there on a weekend?
Never! Too many people.
All I can think of viewing this photo is the many people trampling over the beautiful calla lillies that hung on through storms and cold! I guess I have become a curmudgeon. So Be It.
Indeed so many invasive calla Lillie’s!
How a they be mitigated !
What will the local animals eat if there is nothing for them but the poisonous flowery scourge?
How can we exterminate the seemingly inexorable, hated blight on our local fauna?
Watching from Idaho. It may have been 8 below zero here last night but there aren't too many people...
It will be interesting to see how well this patch of calla lilies survives in coming years with yet more and more vistorship and disrespect to the very objects of affection. At least the degradation of this calla lily environment is not as significant as it would be if they were a native plant.
this image and crowd proves exactly the validity and necessity of never disclosing the location of anything remotely appealing/attractive/interesting. the perils of social media and the fools that will descend in such numbers as to ruin the very thing that was nice to begin.
This specific location is somehow marked on Google Maps in both English & Chinese, which greatly contributes to its popularity. Google is opaque on how to remove this careless label. I believe some South Coasters have dealt with this problem regarding incorrectly labeled road closures in the past, perhaps a neighbor has a contact at Google?
Sorry these calla lilies are not native to Big Sur and so are considered an invasive plant that I wish State Parks would get rid of like they have been and are doing with the invasive sea fig (ice plant) all along the coast.