June 2 - Clearing Eventually


Up


early,


some


of


the


San Luis Obispo


volcanic Nine Sisters coming into view,


a


bit


of




a runaround


finding a


new


breakfast spot,


dashing beyond the peaks


(Bishop,


Chumash, Cerro Romualdo,


approaching


Hollister


Peak,


Cabrillo, and Black Hill), towards


Morro Bay,


up the


Coast


'round


Cayucos,


inland to


Cambria,


outbound to San Simeon


for a


look around


Hearst Castle


Visitors Center.


Onward! --


by the


Elephant Seal Rookery


and


Ragged Point


into the world of Big Sur --


Salmon


Creek,


suddenly


spectacular


Gorda,


Willow


and


Limekiln Creeks,


precarious


Lucia,


nearing


Big


Creek


Bridge /


Dolan /


McWay Canyons,


Julia Pfeiffer Burns,


Castro and Deetjun's,


the


wacky


erudite


world


of


the


Henry


Miller


Memorial


Library,


complete with an


inviting stage,


spectacular



views


at


Ventana


and


Nepenthe...


the


latter


for


a


beauteous


lunch


and


look-sea-mountains.



Onward,


into


Big


Sur


Valley,


Pfieffer


Redwoods,


Andrew


Molera,


Point


Sur,


Little


Sur


River,


Hurricane


Point,


Bixby


Bridge,


Rocky Creek,


Palo Colorado


Canyon,


Garrapata


Beach,


Carmel


Valley,


over the


hill to


Monterey, and


Seaside for


supplies.


Sand


dunes,


fog,


Salinas Valley,


Watsonville,


Santa


Cruz,


Bonny Doon,


Davenport,


Big


Basin,


Ano


Nuevo,




Half Moon



Bay,


Pacifica,


Golden Gate Bridge,


Marin


Headlands,


Mount


Tamalpais,


Richardson Bay,


San Pedro


and


Big Rock Ridges,


Pacheco Pass,


Sonoma and


Burdell Mountains,


Petaluma Plain,


Sears


Point,


Napa Marshes,


Vallejo Cliffs,


American


Canyon,


nearing home.


High up 1 to 98, 83rd day of summer (30 days 80+, 11 days 90-or-beyond), 81 San Luis Obispo, 62 somewhere in Big Sur -- doing the next two stagings of  


Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232, +


instrumental parts for II. Julius Viktor Berger.