Field notes, v1752
Page 563
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1.6th 1987 Journal 197. Eastern trip, Ohio to New York July 17 about 50 mi. E of Pennsylvania, when (contd) I slept at a wayside. The weather was becoming cloudy, and the air was very hot (90's) and humid. There was forecast thunderstorms for the whole of Michigan and then also for New York. July 18 Today I drove to the Adirondack Mts of New York. The air was very hot all day, with impending rain. While I made the drive, the weather was hot and sunny. I got to the park boundary at about 1:00 pm. I had "bad feelings" as soon as I got into New York. Too many people. Of course, it was Saturday, but there seemed to be no place to just explore for birds without cars and people driving fast. I entered Adirondack Park at Hwy 8, drove NE toward Speculator, New York, and then N on Hwy 30. Much of the area was hardwood forest, but mixed and patchy, with pines along the roadway--planted--and the white- pine here was not producing much this year and had apparently not