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.
