Field notes, v1752
Page 453
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J. Growth 1987 journal 142. California to Arizona May 19 Left Berkeley at 10:00 am for a field trip start to SW United States. Drove to Oceanside mileage = 46895 to stay at my parent's home overnight. The weather was cloudy through most of the route, but clearing past C.A. May 20 Left my parent's home in Oceanside, start Calif., bound for the Huachuca Mts. of mileage 49245 S.E. Arizona. Past the clouds along the coast, the weather turned dismal and gray in the coastal mountain range. The Calif + W. Ariz desert was clear and rather mild (~80°) until the higher desert of central Ariz., where the clouds gathered and the wind was strong + gusting out of the S. + W. directions. I took Hwy. 5 to San Diego, to 80S, to Interstate 8. Rain + storms began in the late afternoon (or had been going on long before I got there) around Tucson. At Tucson and vicinity, it was rainstorming, and I picked up some supplies there, around 5:00. From Tucson, I drove first E on I8 to Hwy 90. Took 90 S to Sierra Vista. By the time I got