August 8 - Energized


Out


early


for


newspaper and other supplies,


back


to


the


inimitable


John's


and


north,


chasing


to


White Rabbit for coffee,


then


onward,


haltingly,


resolutely,


East


on


I-10,


in


view of


San Gorgonio,


South


on


spectacular


243,


up


windingly


into


the


San Jacintos,


by


Diamond Zen Center,


to Idylwild's San Bernardino National Forest Visitor's Center,


onward


towards


Garner Valley,


near the junction of 371,


for a walk on this latter, from Divide to Curve,


as part of a personal Pacific Crest through Southern California.


Not exactly the longest day trek by a long shot,


but


onward


via


road,


surmounting


Cahuilla


Ridge,


past


bouldery


expanses,


descending


towards


Aguanga


Valley


and


79


West --


Radec /


Butterfield


Valleys --


ultimately


ending up


at


Temecula Lucille's for gumbo and an extended return adventure....

130th day of summer, high 95

Yucaipa, 91
Idyllwild, 86
Temecula, 96