California 1 has re-opened to Big Sur, but not beyond Lucia -- so much for the prospects of a through-route to Southern California today.
Therefore, for now,
after a beautiful run through Solano, Contra Costa,
Alameda,
Santa Clara
beyond
Gilroy,
San
Benito's
corrugated
ridges,
to
the
sand
dunes
and
shorelines
of
Monterey...
it is time
to turn back
to the interior:
101
south
to
Paso
Robles,
east over the
Coast Ranges
into
San
Joaquin
Valley,
up
Tehachapi
Grade
past
Bear
Mountain
and
Caliente
Ridge
to Keene Buttes,
the
Summit
for a
supply
stop,
subsequently
Monument
and the
Windmills,
down Cache Creek Canyon to
Joshua Trees
and the
Mojave,
continuing on 58 in the gathering darkness, toward John Browning's. 71st day of spring, high 68...
Monterey, 59
Bakersfield, 63
Calimesa, 58
