December 27 - Follow the Lights

Up


early,


the


thaw


beginning,


and


crosstown


to


rendezvous


with


Marek


and


Amy


at


Pearl District


Starbucks.


A



great


visit, then


southwest 405 to


5 south, and


after a supply stop,


the


long


transit


of


Willamette


Valley,


various


Cascade-y


buttes


to


the


west


towards


Coberg


and


Eugene,


skies clearing a bit,


down into


Umpqua drainage,


Rice


Hill,


Sutherlin,


storied


Roseberg


Cliffs,


the


California-esque


Hills


of


Myrtle Creek /


Riddle,


Canyonville,


the beginning of the undulations


including


Glendale


and


Sunny Valleys,


prospects above Hugo / Merlin,


Grants Pass


upstream


past


Rogue River,


Table Rocks again,


Medford,


Phoenix,


Talent,


hallelujah


blue


skies


back in


Ashville,


petrol


again,


the


ascent to



Siskiyou


and


voila!


California! 


Views


of


Mt.


Shasta,


Hornbrook / Henly,


Klamath


Canyon,


Anderson


Summit


and


Grade,


Yreka,


further


views


of


the


Cascades and


Klamaths to


Weed,


Black Butte,


Mt. Shasta City, and


Dunsmuir --


darkness unto Redding, eventually home... whew!  53rd day of fall, high up 2 to 64 (Troutdale / Portland, 36; Ashland, 48)...