July 5 - Time for This One to Go Home

Up early to the gold-gray of a marine layer penetrating far inland, so, after a congenial breakfast with John,



blitz up



Cajon



Canyon



past


Mormon


Rocks



to



the



Mojave, and --




after a




petrol stop



in



Pearblossom --



Little Rock



and



Palmdale sail by until the



Western



Mojave



pinches



closed



with the



Liebres



to the




south



and



Tehachapis



northwest.



Connecting back to



I-5



south



of



Gorman,



it's up and down



Tejon Pass into



Frazier



Park



and



Lebec, through the



Castac Valley and then



farther down from the



Fort into the



Grapevine



and



the



Central



Valley.



Post-holiday traffic is heavy, such that a detour west to



Route 33's



oil rigs,



orchards,



crossroads,



prisons,



and



pyramids



almost



makes sense.



North,



west past the outer Diablo Range with the



Mount



shining brightly, there are two more pages of the Symphony No. 2: I (5-6) to do and the edits for Cats, Dogs, and Divas:



VII. Crazy and



VIII. His Needs before falling into a comatose state.