November 30 - Questions of Temperament

Another day of fine student teaching (Charlie -- J.S. Bach - Minuet in G -- and Pamela -- Beethoven - Symphony No. 9: IV. Ode to Joy harmonized),



returning Santa-ward and



Snowman-wise past all



the Lagoons to



flip-side views and



distant Vaca vistas,


to the orchestration of The Gospel According to St. Matthew: XXXV. The Demand for a Miracle (II).

November 29 - Another Beautiful Day

Leaving



from



Roseburg,



south towards increasingly Californiesque



vistas of



evolving aridity, and



at last the fog clears for keeps



near


Ashland,



up



and



over Siskiyou Summit,



downslope toward Shasta,



crossing near



Hilt,



back



through



Yreka,



as California's (astoundingly merely)



fifth highest elevation grows



increasingly



grand,



then down the great staircase



past the Lake and



into the Central Valley between Snow and St. John Mountains to the west



and those mysterious desertic Sutter Buttes to the East --



deja vu to Dunigan



Hills,



Mt. Diablo, the Vaca Mountains, and home.

November 28 - Northwest Passage

Time to leave fair



Walla Walla for



points south, beyond the Blue Mountains,



across I-84 towards Mt. Hood



up against the



Columbia


River



to



The



Dalles



and



Hood



River,



where the fog closes in against



the waterfalls,



then



south



through the Willamette



Valley, under the cover of darkness to



temporary



safe havens.