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R. MOON
1987
Journal
62
14 May
Foshay Pass, Providence Mountains,
San Bernardino co., CA.
Bruce and I drove over the pass
at 1300 PST in my car (Honda). We
drove from Vulcan Mine Road to the pipeline
road, over the first low hill, and then up
the road toward Goldstone Spring. About
half way between the pipeline road and
the transmission line road we turned east
onto a road that goes around the steep
hill in the pipeline road and reconnects with
the pipeline road on the east side of the
hill. This was actually quite an achievement
considering that we drove a Honda accord
over the four wheel drive roads.
From here we drove out to Essex Road
and up toward Bonanza King Mine. On our
way up Blair Bro's Ranch road we found a
large Gopher Snake basking in the intermittent
sun on the dirt road (Species account: Gopher
Snake). The snake seemed indifferent about
being approached and picked up.
When we arrived at Bonanza King
Mine we hiked up into the canyon from the
old town remnants just above the mine. We
contd.