June 11 - Brave, New


John calls and we agree to meet at his place,


so


up


reasonably


early,


and


across


the


distance


to


Yucaipa,



whereupon


he



rings


again


and we decide to rendezvous instead at


White Rabbit for coffee and


catch-up conversation,


including a reading from the wildest story in Boccaccio's The Decameron: Fourth Day, Tenth Novel - "Alibech turns hermit, and is taught by Rustico, a monk, how the Devil is put in hell. She is afterwards conveyed thence, and becomes the wife of Neerbale."  


Later,


back


to


John's,


then crosstown for supplies,


and


cross


freeway east to


Beaumont for a continuation of the personal Pacific Crest,


with a rather utilitarian bike-down and walk-up


Highland Springs Avenue from


Brookside


to


Wilson,


via


the


lonely


flag-


bedecked


Memorial


Tree,


a welcomely preserved but


restrictive


section


of


Morongo Reservation,


and


the


artificial


palmy intrusiveness of Sundance past Oak Valley Boulevard,


Palm


Circle


and


Starlight Avenue.


Scope out the next two day's journeys


by heading east to


San Gorgonio,


then south


towards the beginning of the


Banning-Idyllwild Grade.


Reverse


course


after


this,


revisiting previous strolls on


Dutton


and


Oak Glen Road


(Wildwood


Canyon,


Little


San Gorgonio


Divide,


Riley's


Farm,


plenteous


roadway construction,


Wilshire's,


Old School,


Conservation Camp Junction,


Los Rios


Rancho,


all the way up to the


town,


then


back


down


the


back


way


back


to


Yucaipa,


dinnering


at


Jose's.


Re-connect, via Boulevard


and


back streets,


with John


and


we head out to a San Bernardino spot, re-encountering Lisa.