August 3 - Going to the Sun

Up

reasonably 

early,

eventually

east

on

10,

south

79,

up

San

Jacinto

River

Canyon,

to

Garner

Valley,

and

beyond,

for

a

walk

on

371

and

74

back

to

the

 crossing 

of

the 

Pacific

Crest

Trail,

part

of

a

series

of

walks

from

the

Mexican

border

north.

Following

this,

a

plumet

down

the

Pines

to

Palms

Highway

towards

Coachella

Valley,

from

one

surreality

to

 another,

banking

in

Palm

Desert

against

the

upthrust

of

the

San

Jacintos,

northwest

on

111

into

Rancho

Mirage,

the

striking

demarcations

continuing

into

Cathedral

City,

greater

Palm

Springs,

in

good

time,

connecting

10

West

and

returning

through

Cajon

Pass.

144th day of summer, high home 98 (87 / 54 days 80 / 90+)...

Calimesa,  91
Mountain Center, 84
Palm Springs, 106
Crestline, 83...

August 2 - Leaps Out of Bounds

Back

on

58,

through 

the

Tehachapi

Sierra

beyond

Cache

Creek

Canyon,

across

the

Mojave,

down

through

the

Transverse

Range,

across

the

Valley

to

Calimesa,

dinner

with

JCB

in

San Bernardino.  143rd day of summer, high home 96 (86 / 53 days 80 / 90+); 90 Twin Oaks and chez Browning....

August 1 - Portals

South for the annual late-summer Southern California adventure --

Stanislaus,

Merced

(Santa Nella),

Kern,

eventually

connecting

with

John Browning....  142nd day of summer, high 93 (85 days 80+, 52 90-or-beyond); Twin Oaks, 90...