Field notes, v1538
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Quast 1946 Journal 3 April 8 Punta San Felipe, 50+ ft., Baja California alluvial fans between the playa and the rock hills. Approximately 20 miles north of here the road left the playa and led through the alluvial fans for the rest of its journey. Here we were surrounded by the desert association of Palo Verde, Ocotillo, Creosote bush, some type of Copal tree, small Cardons, and small desert bushes. Five Citellus tereticaudus were seen, four or five whip-tailed lizards and one red-tailed hawk with what looked like a snake in its beak. We were supplied with road signs about every ten miles for the last thirty miles of our trip. Two passen- gers cars and four trucks were passed after we entered the playa. San Felipe is a town of about 100 houses arranged in a rectangle around a dusty area in the center about 100 yds square. A dozen fishing boats (small) were anchored in the harbor facing the south side of the Town. We met two American sportsmen in a couple days who had been disappointed in game fishing. Some potatoes and Mexican sausage were pur- chased to augment our provisions. Our camp includes a neat shack that we appropriated after being told by a few of the inhabitants that no one had lived here for