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
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.
