Another
viewful
outing
to
White Rabbit with
John,
and
another parallel of the Pacific Crest Trail,
by walking Wilson Street from Highland Springs to
San Gorgonio --
scenic yet surreal,
past Hospital,
Morongo
Indian
Reservation,
Cherry
Valley
Health
Care,
Smith
Creek,
Highland
Home
Road,
Meridian
Avenue,
Dorothy
Anna
Drive,
North
41st
Street,
the
Morongo
Foothills,
Brinton
Ranch,
Sunset (Big Dead Dog)
Avenue,
Banning
Bench,
Montgomery
Creek,
Sunrise Avenue,
Sunshine
Drive
(Rebel Blue
Five-Black-Beat-Up-Car House Way),
Gilman
Historic
Ranch
and
Wagon
Museum,
Susan
B.
Coombs
Middle
School,
and
Grace Lutheran
Church.
Return course includes an extended detour up Sunset,
which
becomes
Mesa,
tee-ing out at Bluff,
leading
north
to
a
dead-end
of
distant
splendor
from
Gorgonio Canyon to Peak.
Reversing
from
this,
down
into
the
desertic
ravine
also
holds
much
interest,
debouching
as
it
does
through
central
Banning once more.
Further retracings lead to the top of
Wildwood Canyon,
then the surprise of the same-named and relatively new State Park,
with an enticing
trailhead
and
information
area.
Eventually, after
downhome dining,
retrace the
distance
to
John's,
and we depart
once more for our
San Bernardino
spot,
again under Lisa's watchful eye.
