The annual early-August Southern California trip,
southwest
on
80,
San Pablo Dam Road to 24 and 680,
580 over
Altamont,
eventually I-5,
supplies at
Santa Nella,
'cross San Joaquin Valley on Seventh Standard East...
"Seventh Standard Road lies on the Seventh Standard Parallel. Standard Parallels are the method used in surveying to compensate for the curvature of the Earth's surface and the convergence of the lines of longitude. These Standard Parallels are generally 24 miles apart.
In most of Kern County and central California, the Standard Parallels are measured from Mount Diablo, which is located east of the San Francisco Bay area. In addition to Seventh Standard Road, at the northerly boundary of Kern County, County Line Road is along the Sixth Standard Parallel and south of Bakersfield, Copus Road is on the Eight Standard Parallel" [Chuck Lackey, Director, Kern County Engineering].
... to Bakersfield, 58 into the Southern Sierra,
Bealville North,
Caliente-Bodfish
Northeast,
Caliente
Creek
East,
up
canyon
to
Twin
Oaks,
Handy's
Corner,
Back Canyon and
on and on...
Note the 128th day of summer, high 93:
81, Vallejo
67, Pinole
102, Bakersfield
96, Caliente...
