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
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
