January 6 - Under Steely Skies


Steal away for the 31st Inner Coast Range North Walk,


on the coldest day of the year


(48 --


tying with  December 8, and surpassed only by 12//25 as the chilliest of the 2016-2017 season...


the latter date equalling current Winters wintery high 46... and .02 additional precip for 13.08 since July 1),


finishing up five walks on


Yolo County Road


23,


presently from the


northern border of


Eagle Orchard Ranch,


past Brown and Christmas Light Ranches,


to the eccentric



Tractor Junction of


23


and 83A,


in view


 of


Palm Bungalow.


A lovely time,


yo-yo-ing back adjacent to Lamb Valley Slough's peahens,


then


85B and


16,


splitting a


late pastrami at


Hog Canyon,


checking out Esparto's miniature downtown,


and returning via


89


South,


27,


and


505 -- to compose 24 Tone Preludes, Op. 260: VI. Snowstorm page 3...