Up early at Ayres Hotel and
10 East up Yucaipa Canyon
Grade
in
clearing
skies,
Calimesa
for
news /
supplies
Myrtlewood
to
California Street,
Wildwood
Canyon
to meet John at
White Rabbit for more stimulating conversation.
Back
again
to
point
of
origin,
picking up Harriet,
and off again
on the same
course,
Riverside and beyond,
up and over San Gorgonio Pass,
down in view of Mt San Jacinto,
111
southeast
to
Palm
Springs
Tramway Junction,
south
on
Palm
Canyon
through
town,
bending
east,
reconnecting
with
111,
Cathedral
City,
Rancho
Mirage,
Palm
Desert,
a
brief
needed
delay
petrolling
up.
From
here,
backtrack
a
bit,
up
the
Palms-to-Pines
Highway
(79),
into
bouldery
Peninsular
Ranges,
to the crossing of the
Pacific Crest Trail
and
on
to
walk
another short stretch on a personal variant of same:
231 from the National Forest monument to
Anza border.
Reverse
course
for
lunch
at
Paradise
Valley,
an
to
go
north on
74,
thwarted by double road closures,
so once more with feeling through Garner Valley,
adjacent to the Desert Ridge,
junction
371
to
cross
Anza
and
Cahuilla Valleys
towards the
intersection of
79,
following
bouldery
Temecula
to
town,
junctioning with
15 North,
Lake
Elsinore,
into
Walker
Canyon,
Temescal
Valley,
against
the
Santa Anas,
of
the
San
Gabriels
back
into
San
Bernardino,
up towards Cajon Canyon,
diverting
off
via
Glen
Helen
and
Route
66
with
views
among
the
Transverse
Ranges,
Blue
Cut,
Lone
Pine
Canyon,
Cozy
Dell,
Cleghorn
Mountain
Road --
back
freeway to the Junction
and
Amphitheatre,
over
the
Pass /
Summit into the
Mojave to
395.
A
scenic
re-fueling
(it's all been spectacular today)
and
on via
Oro Grande Wash
and
Joshua tree'd
Kramer Ridge,
sunset
turning onto 58 in
Kern, and
overnight
at the
Boron Motel,
Mexican dinnering at Espindola Family Grill.
55th day of summer, high up 10 to 90...
Redlands, 81
Yucaipa /
Thomas Mountain, 74
Palm Desert, 94
Hesperia, 85
Boron, 89
