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Quast
1948
Journal
103
June 6
1 mi N Cabo San Lucas, 20' ft Baja California
bottom of th bay to th surface. Those of the
schools are about 6 in long, but Cabrillo were
cought off the pier that weigh from 4-8 lbs.
June 7 Punta Gasparino, 10+ ft, 23°16'N, 110°9'W Baja California
Arrived here yesterday after a hard but interesting
trip from Cabo San Lucas. This road seems to be
travelled much less than that on the east side of the
cape and leads over considerably rougher terrain,
climbing high into the mountains between here and
Cabo San Lucas. The vegetation is of the same
kind as in the southern part of the peninsula
but grows high and heavy from th mountains
to here. We are still in the weathered granite
country and see occasional granite outcrops
in the form of large boulders. Considerable
more soil is present in this area.
Minimum temperature last night was 63°, max-
imum today was 77°.
We are camped in a large wash just north of
Punta Gasparino and are about 200 yds from the
ocean, separated from it by a large level beach.
South of us are small sand dunes thickly over-
grown with short dense shrubs and composed of
very fine, dark sand. North of us and forest-
east of us is the wash bottom that points towardsthe sea from the mountains several miles to the east.
Saw two large Iguanas yesterday that were