June 24 - Fateful Turns


Inexplicably miss the Bollinger Canyon turnoff, so take Alcosta -- no big deal, used to go this way regularly --


over Old Ranch / Dougherty Ridge, and straight into a law enforcement stop sign trap. 


Lucky the officer lets off with a warning, so on to meet both Music History classes, as usual (now European Folk and Medieval Music),


on


the


79th


day


of


summer,


high


down


2


to


95


(same as a week ago)


Fairfield / Pleasant Hill, 92
Martinez, 88
San Ramon, 85


Thereafter,


back


up


the


freeways


to the Pony Express route,


walking from Davis to Merchant,


the site of the Gillespie's Store stop and monument to same --


dining at Los Reyes with Harriet,


then


reversing


course


and


exploring


further,


returning


to finish


Bach, Ballet, Balloons, Op. 324
    III. Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785)
        Boulogne-sur-Mer - Wimereux, June 15, 1785
            Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier / Pierre Romain
            [First attempt English Channel from France, Balloon deflates 1,500 feet up, both killed]
            [Pilatre de Rozier's fiance dies, probably suicide, 8 days later]

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