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Murray
1948
30
Journal
Apr 22 Ensenada to San Quintin
Spent the morning in town shopping
and having the spring fixed on the
International.
When underway found paved road
to Santo Tomas, then a graded crushed
rock surface which is being improved
now. The terrain was mostly red
soil with sandstone, for some distance
bearing a chaparral vegetation of sumac,
live oak, scrub oak, sagebrush and dwarf
Ruckeye. Past Sto. Tomas it became largely
agaves and sparse growth of low shrubs.
We drove rather late, stopping at
Santo Domingo to eat, and continued
on to San Quintin. Camped here in
the cold and fog for the night (also wind)
Apr 23 San Quintin to San Fernando Mission
What used to be a deserted town
is now nothing - has been torn down.
This is a flat sandy area with a few
cow shrubs and a small Mesembryanthemum
Gathered a bucket full of oysters from
the shore which were delicious.
We passed through brush covered
hills with agave and cactuses to Socorro
Where there is now a small settlement.
There was a hard wind blowing across