Stebbins, R. 1963 2 Asain Trip San Francisco to Washington Jan. 7 max about freely. Strip farming pattern at E edge of Rockies - also strip cutting of timber Haystacks in center of large fields; one stack to field. Extensive snow mantle. Strip fresh cutting a lower area. 11:05 a.m. Leaving eastern escarpment of Rockies. Strip forming pattern building up in amount - plots in lower, less eroded areas. We have learned a lesson from the Dust Bowl of the 1940's. Strips are N-S oriented; prevailing winds then must be E-W. Less snow now. Thin patches here & there. Some strips EW & diagonal. 12:15 p.m. Began solid cloud cover - like a great expanse of snow. Rough spots here & there - updrafts? 12:40 p.m. Turned somewhat SE. Still cloudy below. Not a hole anywhere. 1:25 pm. Began letting down. Solid cloud cover. 1:35 pm. Announced descent to Dulles AirPrt. - temp thus 38°F 1:55 p.m. (4:53 p.m. eastern time) - landed Dulles Airport. Plenty of snow. Country- side of white fields & broad leaf forest. Forest leafless & from high altitude looked like coarse hair. Plush bus (red carpet) took us from plane to terminal. Buo 12-15' high, trees 4' across, air conditioned. Drive up to stall at terminal. No exposure