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1973
AKP
Deers, gas stations, etc etc. Drove to
Isla-dain site & weighed some flats.
Tying still stay on the flats to re-mark them -
Not many tracks, and the flats look quite
dried. Did some reorganizing of the truck -
which holds now an enormous coffin-like box
with assorted gear for numerous expeditions in it.
We are taking it to Tacna to find another home
for it.
Stopped just south of Ica on a piece of
desert - and were visited soon after by a pair
of foxes. First heard their mores, then got their
eyes on us. They were quite curious, but we couldn't
get them closer again. Heard lists.
March 8 a little south of Canana - Thursday
Long desert drive - one along shore, over
the road took us further inland. Not look at
a popular bus-stop perched above the ocean and
picked up a grumbling civil soldier who wanted a
ride to Canana. Stopped for the night in low
vegetation where the road heads away from the
ocean south of Canana.
March 9 - Tacna - Friday
Breakfast in Nazca, where I also got some
glasses from a sidewalk vendor. Lunch in Moquegua,
and finally to Tacna in midafternoon. Got rooms in
the Gran Hotel Central and started out on errands.
Before leaving camp this morning, we dug out