At last the long loop up into Cache Creek Canyon,
preceded,
on
this
53rd
day of
extended fall (high 60 locally / Colusa; 59 Yolo),
by the 26th Inner Coast Range North Walk,
on 86A
North from
Water Tower Compound,
across Brown / Green Fields
to the intersection
of
23.
From here, westward to 22, northeast against Lamb Valley Slough Cliffs
to
85B,
and
the
grand
journey up 16,
northwesterly,
into Capay Valley,
lunching at the
Indian gambling complex midway,
its spectacular location
belying
a
typical establishment focussed entirely inward,
with an array of sounds that inspired a section of Symphony No. 1, Op. 61: IV.
Repast at Canyon Cafe,
a gauntlet of
machines
and
tables,
debouching
back
into
the
magnificent
prospects.
Back in
the car,
onward to
Brooks,
Canon School,
Sweitzer Hills,
Tancred,
Guinda,
on
and
on
to
Rumsey,
where
the
world narrows and the
Snow Mountain / Berryessa National Monument and
other land preservation agencies
finally provide ready access of the type
not really found to the south all the way until the Greater Bay Area....
Stop to take in the
views more measuredly at
several picnic areas on either side of the
county border,
scoping out
potential future
hikes --
then make
our way
to the
junction of
20,
and
eventually
down
the
Salt
Creek
passage
to
the
Central
Valley
and
Williams.
At this point,
about an hour's home,
through
Arbuckle,
Dunnigan,
the
Zamora
Hills,
the
environs
of
Esparto,
Winters,
and
beyond, finishing composition of 24 Tone Preludes, Op. 260: IV. Sound Perfumes (4 pages total)...
