January 3 - A Winters Tale

Off to the north,

for lunch,

via Monte Vista,

Foothill,

and

Pleasants

Valley,

with a detour up Mix Canyon,

to see what fire hath wrought, +

Blue-Trim House,

views,

including

those

at

Lookout

Bend,

to the end of the pavement at

Mt. Vaca Junction,

then

reversing

course

downhill --

twists,

turns,

and

shouts --

back

through

all

the

splendor.

Poleward

again

in

the

graben,

past Quail Canyon

Junction,

east at

Putah Creek,

over

to

Winters

and

Preserve.

After the repast,

a stroll through town to Steady Eddie's,

then back to the car, returning via Main, 128,

south on 505, and

Vaca Valley to point of origin, editing page 3 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1896 - Josef Labor, Op. 232, No. 18, on the third day of spring, high up 5 to 57...