Arise
to
the
mysteries
of Fred and Donna Pannebaker's Cedarpines Park aerie -- a multi-leveled, woodsy scenario -- complete with gym, pool room, guest suite,
west and south decks,
garage / workshop, office,
kitchen /
living /
dining areas, and main-level sleeping accomodations.
Breakfast,
including
Carol,
with
more
house viewing
(now to the loft master bedroom)
and
eventually we are off on a tour of the local area:
first,
a loop on
Sawpit / Devil Canyon,
followed by
following a
driving-
walking
course
on
Mozumdar
north
to its related terminal-area-
aerial views of the Mojave and Silverwood,
then Valley of Enchantment / Crestline /
Lake Gregory,
up
the
Strawberry
Peak
Lookout
(looking out on the San Bernadinos,
Jacintos,
Gabriels,
and the Desert),
down
Library adjacent to
Lake
Gregory,
and return for
two more walks:
group Vista out-and-back,
and,
after
convivial
drinks,
solo
Fern
Canyon
loop
(retracing the
hazardous
last-minute
car route of the
previous night), plus dinner and
tour of an RV leviathan in the lowering light....
Oh, yes, high back home 107, tying for the highest temp of the year (with June 30) -- 148th day of summer (12 days 100's, 46 90+, 83 80-or-beyond), Crestline a considerably more moderate, modest 84...
