58
years
on
the
planet,
and
time
to
climb
Antimony
Peak,
at the intersection of Back and Orejano Canyons,
a trek on faint, fictional, improvised, informal,
and judiciously made-up trails to a summit yielding views of the Sierra Crest and the Twin Oaks country,
including Dead Tree and Handy's Corner Peaks.
Hallelujah!
Back-tracking
down
the
dangerous,
friable,
scree-laden slopes --
it's
time to depart for points north,
detouring
briefly
to
explore
Indian
Canyon /
Loraine,
then down Caliente Creek /
Bodfish to
58,
99,
Seventh
Standard,
and
80...
stopping
to
celebrate
the
birthday
with
Carol at Pea Soup Anderson's.
Further celebration upon return,
with Harriet and Megan, 'round midnight... High 73 north, 37th day of summer -- still 68 in the southern highlands....
