Page 20 composed for Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition, plus continued score-study of Igor Stravinsky's Two Poemes of Verlaine: I, Paul Hindemith's Three Songs: I, and Kurt Weill's Quodlibet: I, with a fourth system for each, on the hottest day (168th of summer) since August 19's 104, at the even century mark (72nd 90+, 16th 100-or-better of the year).
So it's off to the relatively cooler Sierra we go,
once
again
in
the
high
country,
vaulting Donner Summit,
down
into
Truckee,
through
Martis Valley,
up and over, beyond Brockway
into Nevada,
ascending
the
slopes
of
Mt.
Rose,
lingering
at
the
Pass
(a.k.a.
Summit),
then
crashing down the northeast slope
to
Galena Creek Regional Park for yet more,
this time,
with Harriet,
on the Jones Creek Loop Trail,
gradually upslope past imitation wikiups to
Jones/Whites Creek Loop Junction,
in time for last light on the
Virginia Range to the east.
Retracing
the
course,
there
are
briefs
reconnoiters
of
the
last
several
weeks'
sights,
including the
Whites Creek Trailhead turnoff and the way
downstream, a short examination of the
way north to Thomas Creek,
then a
blast downslope on 431 to
Business 395,
arriving
at
the
pleasant
haven
of
[Joaquin] Murrieta's Mexican spot in Reno.
A shared tostada and dos (including one of the Equis variety) cervezas,
and
we are off again into that
tender night -- better and better -- all the way through a late return
