Field notes, v1703
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1958 Journal p. 19 July 14 Berkeley to Vallecito Stage Station, San Diego Co., Cal. I left Berkeley last evening at 8 P.M. with Al Beck of the Dept. of Vet. Public Health, U of C. at Davis. We drove all night stopping at San Diego at 9 A.M. Al wanted to see some friends at the San Diego Zoo. We left for Vallecito at about 11:30 AM. Drove east along H.S. 80 to the get. of 17, then north to Julian. Then drove east on Rt. 78 to Scissors Crossing in San Felipe Valley, hence south along paved road to within 2 miles of the Stage Station. This is to be our camp for the next couple of days. Mr. "Bud" Bensit is in charge of the County park here. Al knew him from previous trips here and received permission to catch night roosting bats in the Stage Station bldy. We then drove down to Agua Caliente, about 4 miles farther east (and south). Here Al also knew the caretaker, a Mr. Fred Swanson who gave us permission to net bats over two of the open pools that evening. We then returned to Vallecito and slept for a couple of hours. about 6 we got up and drove to Mason Valley. This valley is 5 miles W along the road in from Rt. 78. Between Vallecito Valley and Mason Valley there is a steep rise. (Mason Valley being higher. This is P. Stephen's La Puente Valley. The vegetation is quite different in these two