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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