Up early and
out for
coffee at White Rabbit with
John and company, then
off
to
Palm
Springs
Visitor
Center.
And
then,
after
a
supply
stop,
on
to
Santa
Rosa
and
San
Jacinto
Mountains
National
Monument
Visitor's
Center
Nature
Trail,
with
views to the
Little San Bernardino Mountains
and
Coachella
Valley.
Back
in
the
car,
upslope
on
74
to
371,
completing
down
Hamilton
Creek
Canyon,
part
of
a
series
of
sojourns
on
and
roughly
parallell
to
the
Pacific
Crest
Trail --
this
one
from
the
montane
slopes
of
Thomas
Mountain
to
the
semi-
arid
expanse
of
Anza
Valley --
wow!
Return via 74 East,
Sanderson
North --
towards the San Jacintos
and
San Bernardinos --
continuing on to 79 and 10 for dinner at
Jose's
followed by drinks at Black Angus with John, on the 3rd day of spring, high again 68 back north
Calimesa, 65
Palm Springs, 75
Anza, 59
