July 11 - Far Flung


Off to one of the local post offices early,


mailing two year's worth of federal and state taxes


(the powers that be never seem to mind holding onto refunds as interest-free loans),


then


north


on


505


through Yolo,


followed


by


5


on


beyond Colusa,


Glenn,


Tehama,


Shasta


(Redding,


Mountain


Gate,


the Lake,


Gray Rocks,


Sacramento River Canyon,



Castle Crags),


and


Siskiyou


(Black Butte,


Weed,


Shasta


Valley,


Hole in the


Ground,


Yreka,


Mount


Shasta,


Anderson


Grade,


Klamath River


Canyon,


Henly,


Hornbrook,


Hilt) to the Oregon border.


Anon,


it's


Jackson


(supply


stop


in


Ashland,


then down


Bear Creek Valley to


Table


Rocks),


Josephine


(Grants Pass,


Sexton


Mountain,


Sunny Valley,


Smith Hill,


Stage Road Pass),


Douglas


(California Ridge,


South Umpqua Valley,


stops


in


Roseberg


and


Rice


Hill),


Lane


(Willamette Valley),


Lynn


(Cascade


and


Coast


Ranges),


Washington Counties to further adventures... 122 day of summer, high 93 (65 days 80+, 34 90-or-better) -- 79 Ashland, 75 Tigard...



producing the instrumental parts for Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfe, Op. 232l: XLI. Die Alma Puppe...