June 13 - Always Towards the Mountains


Again


up and


out to


White Rabbit with John,


but now saying farewell,


heading


back


to


San


Gorgonio


Avenue


to walk south through Banning,


across freeway


and


railroad,


past


palm


esplanades,


rustic ranchettes,


and


the


High


School --


to the beginning of the Idyllwild Grade, thereby connecting the route across the Pass from the San Bernardino to San Jacinto Mountains.


Jump


in


the


car


thereafter


for,


Mongolian Barbeque near the Claremont Colleges,


followed by the


six-or-so hour


 trip home,


via


210


and


5


through


Los


Angeles


(Gavin


Cliffs,


Rye and


Violin


Canyons,


Black Mountain,


the Ridge Route,


Pyramid Lake,


Liebre Gulch and Ridge,


Hungry


and


Peace


Valleys,


Gorman


Ridge,


Tejon


Pass, and


the Frazier Park exit),


Kern


(Lebec,


Castac


Valley,


Tejon


Ridge


and


Grade


past


the


Fort,


the


spectacular


descent


of


Grapevine


Canyon,


Wheeler Ridge,


the


California


Aqueduct,


and


Lost Hills),


Kings (Kettleman Hills),


Fresno


(Coalinga


Ridge,


Harris Ranch,


Joaquin Rocks


[La Catedral Grande, La Centinella, and La Piedra del Oeste],


Panoche,


and


Little Panoche),


Merced


(San Luis


Dam


and


Santa


Nella),


Stanislaus


(Newman,


Oristimba Creek


Crow's Landing,


Patterson,


Shane P. Donlan


Estate,


Westley


Ridge,


Ingram


Creek),


and San Joaquin Counties.