Time for the annual Southern California summer trip, so out the door, and after a
supply stop,
south on 5 through San Joaquin,
Stanislaus (Westley,
Ingram Creek,
Del Puerto Canyon,
Patterson,
Diablo
Grande,
Crow's Landing,
Newman),
Merced (Santa Nella
Ranch,
Hotel de
Oro,
San Luis Orchard,
Dam, and
Ridge),
Fresno (Little
Panoche,
Joaquin Rocks,
Harris Ranch),
Kings (Kettleman Hills,
City, and
Junction),
and Kern Counties.
Beyond Lost Hills,
through
Buttonwillow,
past Stockdale Highway,
lateralling
over
to
99,
it's
up
the
Grapevine
to
Tejon
Ranch,
Ridge,
Valley,
and
Pass,
rollercoasting
in
the
vicinity of
Gorman,
the
Black
Mountains,
Hungry Valley,
Pyramid Lake,
Liebre Gulch,
Piru Gorge,
Whitaker
Ridge,
Paradise Valley,
Canton
and
Violin
Canyons,
down the
Grade to the
Santa
Clarita
Valley,
up
and
over
Gavin Pass,
through the
San Fernando Valley,
contouring
among
the
Verdugo Foothills,
the twilight
still revealing
Mt Baldy, and Ontario and Cucamonga Peaks, towards a rendezvous with
John Browning in Redlands.
