August 3 - Between Blisses


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


course,


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...