9/13/16 - Along Route 108 and the Stanislaus River

We woke to pre-dawn ice pellets clattering on the cabin roof. An early snow coated the Sonora Pass and the tips of peaks around the cabin. The ground was lightly coated with ice pellets that soon melted.




The cabin warmed quickly with a fire blazing in the pot belly stove.



Off to see the sights along Route 108 east toward Dardanelle. Donnell Vista overlooking the reservoir and the steep granite walls.



The Columns of the Giants -- vertical basalt rock columns polished during ice ages.



Lunch on the banks of the Stanislaus River.





At the end of the day, evening clouds settled in around the cabin.





Corky saved the next morning's newspaper for us.