May 31 - In Every Direction


Up


and


out,


Wells

Fargo,


Starbucks,


then


south


on


395


to


Carson


Valley,


beyond


Holbrook


Station,


Topaz


Lake,


back into California,


past Centennial Butte,


up Canyon,


Devil's


Gate,


approaching


Bridgeport,


Bodie 


Junction,


Conway


Grade,


down


to


Mono


Lake's


tufa formations and


Craters, 



Obsidian


Dome,


Mammoth,


in



range


of

McGee Creek,



Owens


Boulders,


then


Tom's


Place


for


lunch.


Onward!


The


descent


to 


Bishop,


in view of White Mountains and


Sierra,


Big


Pine,


a


long way to


Independence


and


Manzanar,


Lone Pine,


Alabama Hills, Mt. Whitney --


supplies.


We resume:


Owens Lake,


over


the Joshua Tree


Divide,


Haiwee Reservoirs,


Little




Lake, 



Nine-Mile


Canyon /


Kennedy Meadows


Intersection,


14


Fork,


most


definitely


the


Mojave


Desert,


Johannesburg,


Red


Hill,


Boron,


Kramer


Junction


and


Grade,


the distant Transverse Range, Adelanto,


Victorville --


another


re-


supply --


15,


Cajon


Summit,


into the


Amphitheatre /


 Canyon,


Mormon Rocks, San Gabriel /


San Bernardino Mountains,


215,


210,


Waterman Bridge,


to


lodgings...


one


last


blitz


east


on


10,


beyond


Yucaipa,



etc.,


to rendezvous with John Browning, 



eventually west again


+ Elena and Harriet, towards one of our local haunts.


Bon


soir!

100 back home -- new hottest of the year, and first in this interval to reach the century mark (81st day of summer, 28 days 80-and-above, 9 90+) -- Carson City, 85; Bishop, 95; San Bernardino, 83...