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...