Off to Crestline with
Carol, via Alameda,
San Joaquin,
Stanislaus
(Del Puerto Canyon,
Orestimaba Creek),
Merced
(Santa Nella),
Fresno
(Panoche),
Kings,
Kern
(Bear Mountain / Mt. Pinos,
Tehachapi Mountains / California Aqueduct /
Grapevine,
Ft. Tejon,
Lebec,
Frazier Park),
Los Angeles
(Liebre Mountains,
Antelope Valley / Mojave Desert,
Lancaster,
Littlerock,
San Gabriel Mountains,
Pearblossom,
Llano), and
San Bernardino
(Mormon Rocks,
Summit Valley,
Silverwood Lake,
Cleghorn Canyon / Mojave River) Counties --
arriving late (after a back-tracking back road which turns out at next daybreak to be in sight, but inaccessible) to the sumptuous spred of Fred and Donna Pannebaker -- high 99, 147th day of summer (45 days 90+ / 82 80-or-beyond), with highs respectively in the Los Banos and Tejon Pass areas + destination @ 95 / 82 / 78, with a through-line of heading south, uphill...
