Sunrise
over
the
White
Mountains,
heading
out of Bishop,
north on 395,
climbing Sherman Grade,
from Inyo
into Mono,
to
Tom's Place,
against the western High Sierra,
downslope
to
Crowley
Lake,
McGee
Creek,
Mammoth
Lakes
Junction,
Obsidian
Dome,
June
Lake
Loop,
Mono Craters and Lake,
Yosemite Junction.
At last
Lee Vining,
lunch
at
Nicely's,
a
brief
adventure
up
L.
V.
Canyon
almost
to
Tioga
Pass
and
Yosemite
(definitely
over-
popular
today),
abruptly
reversing
back
down
the
Heraclitian
beautyway,
Beside
Mono Lake,
up
Conway
Grade,
Summitwise,
winding down
towards Bodie Junction to
Bridgeport
and
back
higher
around
Devil's Gate,
passing
Sonora
Junction,
through
West
Walker
River
Canyon,
lonely
Antelope
Valley,
Centennial
Butte,
beyond
Topaz
Lake
and
the
Nevada
border,
into
greater
Gardnerville for
significantly more
reasonable petrol.
The
ridiculous
wander
to
Kingbury
Grade,
Daggett
Pass
into Tahoe
Basin,
California
again,
the
ascent
to
Echo
Summi,
and down and down,
Strawberry
Canyon,
Lover's Leap,
Kyburz,
Sugarloaf,
South Fork
American
River,
the foothills of
Placerville,
El
Dorado,
the Sacramento Valley,
Yolo Causeway,
Davis,
Vacaville,
dropping Carol off after a wonderful 8-day trip. Home. Whew. High 91, on the 154th day of summer (52 days 90+ / 89 days 80+), up to 99 in Bishop...
