Back
north
to
Queen Bean with John,
then
a
brief
exploration
of
Sandalwood,
on
the
border
of
San
Timoteo
Badlands.
Onward!
10 West
down Yucaipa Garde,
210 Northwest,
curving
below the
San Gabriel / Bernardino Mountains,
215
and
15
up
Cajon
Canyon,
exiting
at
138,
Mormon Rocks,
Joshua Trees, Mountain Top, the Mojave Desert,
into Los Angeles County at
Llano, Pearblossom, Littlerock to the
Cut-Off,
14 North
past Palmdale and Lancaster,
lateralling further west through
Neenach,
the narrowing of Antelope Valley at
Quail Lake and
Kinsey Mansion,
picking up 5 at Peace Valley,
Gorman,
over Tejon Pass,
down into Frazier Park, Castac Valley,
Ft. Tejon,
down,
down the
Grapevine,
into San Joaquin Valley,
a brief detour on 99,
crossing at 168 Maricopa, zooming to Buttonwillow, Lost Hills, over the Kern-Kings border, Kettleman City,
stopping for a respite at Avenal Junction, Harris Ranch,
Joaquin Rocks,
Panoche,
San Luis Reservoir,
Santa Nella,
into the Coast Range Foothills near
Newman / Orestimba Creek,
phalanging over to
580 in sight of Mt. Diablo,
rising
to
Altamont,
veering North on 680,
West 24,
San Pablo Dam,
80 northeast past Refinery Valley /
Canyon,
vaulting the bridge back into Solano,
the
rise
of
the
Sulfur Springs, Cordelia,
Fairfield,
return. 16th day of summer, high up 5 to a new highest temperature for the year at 84...
Calimesa, 70
Bakersfield, 78
San Ramon, 81
Pinole, 75
