J. Groth 1986 journal 119. Northwest trip July 22 Left Albany about 11:30 a.m. Heated out 80 to 505 to IS, N to Red Bluff. Took 36 W to Wildwood, then N on forest roads to Hwy 3, then W to Hayfork. From there, I went W to Hyampom. The cone crop on the Douglas fir & ponderosa pine was poor in the Coast Ranges, with only old brown cones on the Doug Fir and nothing on the ponderosa pine. From Hyampom, went W to get onto 299, then W to 101, then N on 101. By nightfall I was in Redwood Nat'l Forest. while it was already dark, I drove E on Bald Hills Road until just past the Lady Bird Johnson Grove, and I camped on a logging area. July 23 The campsite was in a forest of redwood & Doug fir. The fir had last year's crop of cones only. Heard no crossbills. By 8:30 I drove back down to 101, then N to the turnoff to Fern Canyon. Drove in there (saw a herd of elk) and found the good Sitka spruce crop -- did not stay here because of fog. Drove N on 101, stopping occasionally; the Sitka spruce crop was very good all along the coast until past Florence, Oregon, where I