55 years on the planet,
living and travelling to scenic areas of same with Harriet,
up the long slope of the Sierra to the surprisingly scenic hydrolic mining scars of
Gold Run and
Alta,
the world
opening- and snowing-up near Blue Canyon and
Lake Putt (what kind of a name is that?),
above
Bear Valley, on the long spine of
Emigrant
and
Yuba Gaps and the latter's
Pass,
past
Cisco
Butte,
through the upper
South Yuba River Valley, with views of
Castle Ridge, to
Donner Summit, which has re-opened larger,
with slightly less access,
yet snow
levels in this droughty year
impressive nonetheless.
Then down the
great cleft
below
Judah
Peak to
Truckee,
across
Martis Valley,
up and over
Brockway Summit to the
shores of
Lake Tahoe:
King's Beach,
etc.,
to the
Nevada
border,
down the
Crystal Bay
Grade to Incline Village,
where we take a little stroll from a park on the western triangle formed by Lakeshore Boulevard and 28 -- first the former east,
to a side road north,
intersecting with the main drag,
then west to
point of
origin,
part of the hike east from the California Coast to who-knows-where.
Thereafter, after a circuit to the eastern analogous intersection,
we
reverse
course to
King's Beach's
Caliente for a
birthday bout of albondigas and libations,
supplemented
by
art
in
a
variety
of
unexpected
places.
Homeward, we take the Lake-and-River route,
through Carnelian Bay,
Tahoe City,
and
Truckee Canyon... north to 80, and thence
Donnerwise again in the fading light of a fulfilling and full vacation day,
with welcome phone calls from John Browning, Crystal, Sorrel, and Bette and George.
Previous to all this, morning editing of piano-vocal score for The Decameron: First Day - Novel I through III while watching Mission Impossible: Season Two - Episode 14. Echo of Yesterday and
15. The Photographer.
Now at 118 MB (11.62%) of the 1024 MB -- still about a month's space to spare...
