Up, out -- monsoonal conditions still very much present --
breakfast
as
local
as
possible
with
Harriet,
checking out,
a
final-for-this-trip
morning
rendezvous
chez
Rodie (including his writing up of a works list re project) and Tony,
caravanning
to
R's
amazing
dragon
sculpture's
temporary
storage
area,
and
then
beyond
Red
Rock
Loop,
Capitol
Butte,
Coffee Pot
Rock,
Airport Mesa near West Sedona,
Steamboat,
Schnebly
Hill,
Junction
179
South,
to
Tlaquepaque,
past
chapel,
stelae,
shops,
sycamores,
pathways,
piazzas,
alcoves,
parking
lots,
gardens,
galleries
(outside
and
in),
towers,
pines,
sculptures,
hedges --
then
swinging
around
circles
to
Uptown
and
the
Visitors
Center
(books,
views,
instruments),
and
the
spectacular
Amara
Overlook
of
Oak
Creek
Canyon,
lunching
locally
mostly
(breezily,
cloudily)
al
fresco
at
Canyon
Breeze.
Bidding a
warm farewell to Rodie,
Tony jumps ship to us (as planned),
and we are off
up
Oak
Canyon,
with views of Thumb Butte
and
Mitten
Ridge,
over Midgely Bridge,
past
Grasshopper
Point /
Wilson
Cliffs /
Indian
Gardens /
Slide
Rock,
up
the
S-Curves
to
the
Coconino
Plateau,
through the piney uplands to I-17 briefly,
in sight of the San Francisco Range,
then
left on 40,
eventually
back
into
Yavapai:
Ash
Fork,
Seligman,
Markham
Wash
Cliff,
Juniper
Valley,
Fort
Rock.
Again racing downward through canyons to the greater Kingman area,
there are donuts in the desert,
more
cliffs,
down,
down,
and
through
and
through,
to
Yucca,
towards
the
Colorado
into
God's
own
desertic
California
once
more.
Glimmers
of
light,
sunset,
and
back to the comfort of another overnight in Barstow, beginning the conception of Portraits of __ (Some Multiple of 3) Ladies, Op. 231, on the 151st day of summer, high home 84 (100th at the 80 mark or beyond, typical summer .00 precipitation), with some of the heat summits (and precips) along the scenic way as
Jerome 83 (.96)
Cottonwood 88 (.65)
Sedona 87 (.72)
Flagstaff 71 (.77)
Kingman 88 (.01)
Needles 107 (a whopping, almost singular, and definitely extraordinary 1.8)
Barstow 99 (0)
