On thursday Steve and I started out in the desert in Little rock, somewhere near Palmdale. The rocks and Joshua trees of the desert were beautiful. Then we took route 126 from Castaic to Ventura, stopping at a winery in Fillmore that had a wine called Forgiveness . How not to love a vintner making something with that name? And a winery (no air conditioning -broken) and with no vans or trains filled with tour groups! whoopee. Like finding Sonoma a hundred years ago.

Fillmore and Lake Piru were grand sights, the weather about 100 degrees, old city around squares, shady yards. Ahh, I decided I love to explore close to home.