With Frank and Marie looking over the house, Harriet and I are near Yosemite,
in Room 18 (dubbed The O'Shaughessy) --
rather than 15 (Lyle's Room)
which is said to be haunted by its wealthy, eccentric, blythe goldminer namesake --
at the Groveland Hotel, Tuolumne ("To all o' me") County,
having left the Coast Ranges,
crossing the Central Valley via 113 South, 12 East (where gas is $1.65/gal), 99 South,
to 120 through the Sierra Foothills west of Oakdale
and up the Priest Grade. Turkey and roast beef in the 1849 dining room and general merriment.
Before leaving, finish the orchestration of Samson and Delilah: IV. Deborah, with a nod to Charles Wuorinen's Percussion Symphony.