October 12 - Tilting Up


Towards


the


Central


Valley


and


Sierra


(Auburn


Ravine,


Colfax, 


Yuba


Gap)


and


over






(Donner,


Truckee


Meadows


and


the


ever-


descending


precipitous


River


Canyon),


for


the


3rd


Central-Sierra area


high country


walk of the year,


part of a series of strolls from the Pacific Ocean to I-80 east of Sparks --


specifically a


Thousand Acres


jaunt


on 



Veterans


Parkway


to


Wind


Ranch


and


Steamboat in the


gathering dark of the 211th day of summer, high back into the 90's at 93 (154th/84th re 80/90+) --


considerably cooler in Reno, though OK at 71 -- composing page 5 for Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of 3) Women: XVII. Bridget before setting forth.