So soon?
Guess so.
Duty calls,
and so on.
So, coffee with John again, more fine conversation,
now back at White Rabbit, and a fond farewell,
across
the
greater
San Gabriel Valley on 10 to
Claremont, for a trip of memories, past the Station,
Sumner
House on the
corner of First and
College,
Wig
Hall,
Bonita
Avenue,
Rembrandt,
Thatcher
Music Building,
the Pomona
Gates,
Smith Memorial Tower,
Honnold Library,
and up Dartmouth to Rancho San Antonio,
with its views of Glendora Ridge, Mt. Baldy,
Ontario and Cucamonga Peaks.
After a brief hide-and-seek with the L.A. Times, past the Theological Seminary (will John be there soon? thinking of Crystal on the opposite coast),
beeline to
Mongolian Barbeque for a nostalgic lunch,
then charge farther west below the
Front Range,
north of the Verdugos,
in and
out of
La Tuna Canyon
and the
San Fernando
Valley,
up
Weldon
and
down
by
Gavin
Cliffs,
across
Santa
Clarita
for
another refreshment stop at
Castaic.
From
here,
Violin
Canyon,
the
Ridge
Route
east
of
Piru
Gorge
and
Hungry
Valley,
curving
west
along
Gorman
Ridge,
up
and
over
Tejon Pass,
down
by
Lebec
and
the
oaks
near Fort Tejon,
plunging
down
the
declivity
of
the
Grapevine towards
Wheeler Ridge
and the
Tehachapis.
Due to known construction on 5 further north,
elect 99,
vaguely on the Sierra side of the Central Valley,
though still within sight of the
Coast Range.
Fresno[!(!)], Sacramento, and
I-80: it all flies by until home, with Harriet arriving shortly thereafter.
