July 28 - Woke Up


Got out of bed,


dragged


down


the


freeway


to


the


beginning


of


the


Grapevine 


ascent,


went


thereup


into. 


Ah,


the


mountains --


they


go


on


and


on, 



rollercoastering


down


the


Ridge


Route


to


the


Santa


Clarita


Valley,



up


and


down,


crossing


the


San


Fernando,


into


the


Verdugos --


below



Mt.


Baldy,


Ontario


and


Cucamonga


Peaks,


and


San


Bernardinos --


further


east


to


Jose's


for albondigas soup and Mexican coffee, completing the grading of the morning DVC Summer 2014 Music Literature class,


then


off


to


the


library


briefly


and


John


Curtis


Browningland


more


lengthily,


meeting


the


maestro


and


decamping


to the local Black Angus -- talking about music, the universe, and everything -- before retiring.  137th day of summer, down to 96 up north (87th 80+ and 43rd 90-or-beyond)... Buttonwillow at 101 and Yucaipa 88...