MARK ALBURGER, 2016
December 31 - Last / First Light
Happy New Year! Hopefully the madness continuing for us all for quite some time, a portion of beyond at markalburger2017.blogspot.com
As for the Eve day... Well, the sun sets,
and what's ahead offer glimmers of hope,
on the 55th and last day of fall, high 57, composing a second page of 24 Tone Preludes, Op. 260: V. Foothills of Annapurna....
December 30 - Rising Up Against the Odds
The
Eve of the
Eve of the
New Year
(54th of fall, high 61 --
60 in Winters),
and more than a little trepidation,
setting out for the 27th Inner Coast Range North Walk --
hazards also in the proceedings,
walking on 23 West
(so modest, however, compared to those we will undoubtably continue to face in 2017) --
a relatively narrow course with distinctly greater traffic, this close to Esparto --
from the junction of 86A to
86,
looping
around
and
returning
via
descending
Yolo
County
roads
in
the
80's
and
505,
to begin composition re 24 Tone Preludes, Op. 260: V. Foothills of Annapurna...
December 29 - Canyons of the Mind
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)...
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