Off to Philadelphia,
via
an
initial
dodge'em
transit
to
San
Francisco,
San
Mateo,
and
the
International
Airport,
then
aloft,
east,
over
the
Bay
Area,
Walnut
Creek,
Mt.
Diablo,
the
Delta
and
Valley,
Sierra
Foothills
and
High
Ranges,
stretching
towards
Lake
Tahoe
and
Nevada,
Topaz
and
Walker
Lakes,
clouds,
clearing
in
Utah,
over
the
Colorado
Plateau,
Rocky
Mountains,
Great
Plains,
Mississippi and
Wisconsin Rivers,
Lakes Mendotta,
Michigan,
St. Clair, Erie, and thence initially to
Detroit International.
Up again in darkness, down once more to rendezvous with Bette and George, and the comforts of
local cuisine... High home 93, on the 224th day of summer (92 days 90+ / 145 80-or-beyond), with San Francisco at 74 and Detroit / Philadelphia both at a chilly 55 (the latter with 1.57 inches for the day, multiples more than our local figure -- .4 -- for the rainfall year since July 1)...
