1. Groth 1988 journal 225. California to Arizona March 29 I left Albany at around 6:30 am -- beginning mileage on truck = 71178. Drove interstates 580 to 5 to 210 to 10, then went east on 10 to Phoenix, Arizona. I ran out of gas on the freeway south of Phoenix at 9:00 pm, then got service at 2:30 am. March 30 I continued to Tucson then took Hwy 90 south to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where I got breakfast, and bought a fuel filter for the truck. I then drove south on Ariz. Hwy 92 to Carr Canyon Road and took it up into the Huachuca mountains. This year the road was open. The weather was sunny and cool, and it was windy up in the mountains. The higher elevations (burned areas around Carr Peak) were dusted with snow. I explored a few of the roads around the veef mine area. Pines here included Apache pine and Douglas fir. Cones were old on both, falling to the ground. No seeds for crossbills. I found a campsite along the road NW of the veef mine where the pines narrowed to a corridor along the road. No crossbills were heard today, birds included robin, Steller's jay, rufous-sided towhee, pygmy nut-hatch, Anna's hummingbird. March 31 The weather today was like that of yesterday-- windy and cool. At about 7:00 am a flock