Field notes, v1524
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"Look pictures! I & " "Santa Barbara: white adobe" "clean, very close, all painted" "colors, pastel, look a" "lively town-like." maybe that style reflects a feeling of building as well as a larger area. There are some really modern small homes also tucked in - and the town has more luxury items to offer than Jaena, due to the activities at the Cusajona mine. Above Huayguana the forest road ends, and a ramptuous dirt road up to the mines begins. Un- fortunately it turned dark so we missed some marvelous scenery, I am sure. We had planned to fuel off the road soon above the town, but there were no pull-off places, and much traffic. The mine works are enormous, and the road to them is about twice as wide as an average street. There were two areas frosted as "Villas" - we gather they are housing developments. All with electricity lights, up the right. Mostly Mercedes Trucks. We fueled off to the side of the road after we had passed the mine development, and I slept in the car, OP outside. April 2, 1974 Wednesday in Cusajona Frost on OP's sleeping bag. Breakfasted by the side of the road & headed uphill. Beautiful scenery in clear morning air. But I started feeling too bad, so we came down to the level where we slept last night (about 11-12,000ft) and will stay here another night. Out out about 12 snip traps - one in dry gully near cap. Flushed a spinetail off a nest (only 1 egg in it) in a bush in the gully. Mostly sat around - my more grievous symptoms disappeared as soon as we dropped down ~ 2000 ft. Dissected and felled and enjoyed the going