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.
