Blowin’ in the Wind: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Art in the Public Realm
this was beautiful, i actually stayed in the area (camping) to enjoy the experience.
Near the top of the northwestern corner of Los Angeles County where the Sierra Pelona, Tehachapi, and San Emigdio Mountains meet, is a high pass that links Southern
California to the Central Valley. Today it is popularly known as the Grapevine, a notorious road of traffic jams, overheated engines, and weather closures. The highly traversed route is “one of the oldest continuously used trail and roadside rest stops in California,” writes Bonnie Ketterl Kane in “A History of Gorman,” as the Native Americans “would have stopped there when it was the Tataviam village of Kulshra’jek.” 1 The mountain meadows, streams, and panoramic valley views make it a popular stop for contemporary travelers, with California poppies, lupines, and other springtime wildflowers surfacing from the chaparral to cover the hills in hues of blue and yellow when there is sufficient rain.