December 31 - Off We Go Again


Well, that's just about it, the saga continuing at markalburger2020.blogspot.com...


A final walk on the

appproximate


Pony Express Route,


now from Nunes Curve Sign Barking Dog Ranch Parking,


to Eucalyptus Ranch Border,


on the 39th and final day of fall 2019, high down 4 to 62 (61 in Dixon), composing page 7

No Exit, Op. 330
    VII. If Only Each

celebrating the inevitable with Harriet and Megan...

December 30 - In the Glowing


Back to approximating the


Pony Express Route, now south from


Nunes Barking Dog Ranch Sign Parking to


East Curve, and


return, on the


38th day of fall, high zooming back up 15 to 64 (Dixon, 63) -- composing page 6

No Exit, Op. 330
    VII. If Only Each

December 29 - Liquidity


Compose No Exit, Op. 330: VII. If Only Each (page 5), as the water splashes around (.64 inch, the most since tie of this on December 7, for a total of 10.24 since July 1), on the 37th day of fall, high plummeting down 10 to 51...

December 28 - Poppy SortaGood's All-Night-And-Day Flight

 
Extensive


layover


again with Cliff, then finally off,


over Las Vegas,


Death Valley,


Mono Lake, the Sierra Nevada, and


American Canyon --

to


Sacramento...


Hallelujah!


South,

west,


home.  36th day of fall, high down 3 to 61 (54 Dixon / Sacramento; 50 Las Vegas)...

December 27 - Departures


Day of departure,


but circuitously,


via the only tour about the county to old haunts during this trip,


first northeast / east on


1 and Baltimore,


south on


320 to the


little island of


Springfield that includes Antonia's,


rendezvousing


with


the


Hazeltines for a


leisurely brunch. 


From there, via the Daily Times,


a trip to Rutledge,


Chambers Memorial


Presbyterian Church,


Jenny's three


residences

(the latter two being George's boyhood


and


birth homes),


followed by


northwest on

Swarthmore,


southwest /


south


on


Muhlenberg,


west on Amherst,


up the hill to


325


North Lehigh Circle


now compromised by an


upper level. 


A


tour


around


the


environs


down


to


the


South


Circle,


reversing


track


back


out


to



Laurel


and a


hardy


Avondale


for


distinctly


other views. 


Northwest again,


west on


Dartmouth


to


Park,


then


north


around


Swarthmore


Station


to


the


Inn, and


on to


the Campus,


via Field House, and


a brief detour south to Crum Ledge. 


Over the


railroad,


contouring around on Parish past Dana, Hallowell,


Wharton, to


Clothier,


around the loop past Performance Arts and


Scott Arboretum. 


Reversing course,


in view of the Amphitheater


and


Crum Woods,


back to


town under the tracks,


north on Chester


to


College west,


checking out the upper campus of


McCabe


and


Parrish Lawn,


then diverting around on Elm and


Whittier to the Science Center


and


Lang


Music


Building --


wow! 


Enough 


time


has


passed


that

it's



time to think of another meal,


so off to


Anna's


Steaks


Hoagies

 for a take-out bit of


each. 


Back via Swarthmore,


320,



and


1


to


Bette and George's for a video interview,


then


inevitably


to


Philadelphia International Airport again --


Cliff and I sailing off into the night.  35th day of summer, back where  we're going, high up 4 to 64 -- 54 locally...