Up
and
out,
Wells
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
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
Desert,
Johannesburg,
Red
Hill,
Boron,
Kramer
Junction
and
Grade,
the distant Transverse Range, Adelanto,
Victorville --
another
re-
supply --
15,
Cajon
Summit,
into the
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...
