Barstow
morn,
the
desert
margin,
yet,
all
around,
and
out
into
it,
across
the
distance
to
the
Sierras,
up
and
over
the
Techachapis
once
again,
down
to
Keene,
Calidente
Junction,
the
Beal
Valley
oaks,
Bear
Mountain
boulders,
Murray
Farms --
I-99
on
the
fly,
across
the
Valley
on
120,
mounting
Altamont,
I-
680
North,
arriving eventually at
Brian and
Gigi's,
dropping off Tony,
and
off
a bit
belatedly touristy,
down Carquinez Scenic Parkway
to its end,
and
reversing
course
to
shadowy
Port
Costa,
then
more
scenicking
Straitwise
to
Crockett,
I-80,
homeward. 152nd day of summer, high 89 (101st at 80-or-more) -- Barstow 102, Tehachapi 86.
