Up to the Sierra for the first time of the 2015 Season --
only the foothills,
however,
curving sinuously down Auburn Ravine,
almost to Confluence,
before shooting over the
North Fork
American,
continuing on 49 up the slope,
in view of Foresthill Bridge (highest deck height in California -- 730 feet -- and fourth in the US, after Royal Gorge, Hoover Dam, and New River,WV)
and the Middle Fork Canyon,
up to the
Cool
Plateau,
across
and
down
to
Coloma
in
the
South Fork
Gold Discovery Site
environs,
up again to the
outskirts of Placerville, dinner in the environs, a stimulating stop in Davis, and circuituously / foggily homeward on a day of varied high temps (locally 57, with Pinole 66 and Auburn 60)... now 11 Days 50's vs 13 Days 60's since the year's beginning, composing a third page of Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: VI. Tess,
upon return.
