March 31 - More Delights


Up


early,


and


a


walk


around


the


local


environs,


then


down


canyon


to


Big


Springs,


up


towards


Piute


Mountain


School,


continuing north on Caliente Creek to


Twin Oaks Divide,


down


into


Walker


Basin,


over to


Havilah,


and beyond towards


Bodfish


and


Isabella


Lake,


lingering at the


latter,


then onward past Wofford Heights


to

 
Kernville,


with


a


late


breakfast


at


Cracked Egg Cafe.


From here


(after


a


supply run),


upstream


on


Sierra


Way /


Kern


River


into


Tulare


County


(strolling on


Corral Creek Beach),

 
veering


northwest to


Johnsondale,


where the roads beyond are closed, closed, closed -- despite the lack of snow and wealth of warm temperatures this spring.


Backtracking,


it


is


all


amazing


once


again


(stopping at the


Forest Service



Ranger Station),


with


further


adventures


west


over


Greenwood Summit,


downslope


on


155 to Glenville,


toward


Granite


Station,


where the world undulates


in hazy meadows,


stern boulders,



sudden


streamsides,


and


distressing oilfields.


Completing a grand circle leads us to


 Bakersfield's outskirts,



then


back


upslope


towards


Murray


Farms,


Bear


Mountain


Grade, 



Arvin


Junction,


Bealville,


north


to


Caliente-


Bodfish /


Creek --


where we look in on one of


Carol's longtime friends,


before night encircles once more. 


A 9-degree drop from yesterday: now 75 up north,


with 71 locally, on the 34th day of summer...