July 27 - Going, Going


Begin final grading for the Diablo Valley College Summer 2014 semester,


then


head out


cinematically


towards


Contra Costa and beyond, for the annual Late Summer Pacific Crest Trail Hike,


considerably rest stop enroute,


ultimately stopping at


one of the the I-5 Buttonwillow moteleries for the night.  136th day of summer -- again 102 back north... 86th / 42nd / 9th at 80+ / 90+ / 100+, now the 100's a bit off balanced at...

105 June 8-9
104 June 30, July 13
102 July 14, 26-27
100 June 10, July 25

... and in the immediate locality even two degrees warmer, at 104...