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.