Field notes, v4155
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MFSmith 1993 JOURNAL Rio Castaño Overo, Mon Nov 29 We processed the animals in the car, occasionally running the heater to warm up the car a bit. Then packed up and started to drive out the road. At the first big mudhole we cut branches to fill in where the wheels would go, and Paynie drove through that hole fairly easily. Further on, however, we failed to check a puddle before driving through, and the car sank in deeply, with the car tilted to the left and the water up to the top of the left front wheel. Paynie set off in the snow towards Pampa Linda, where there was a park guard station and the restaurant where we had eaten lunch. Anita wanted to stay with the car, so A stayed with her. We had a snack and waited there for an hour or more, then decided to pack up some gear in case we ended up staying overnight at the hostería and walked towards Pampa Linda. Just as we got there we met Paynie with a park guard and a man with a horse. The first attempt with just a rope around the horse's neck was not effective. A second attempt with more park workers and a saddle and cinch arrangement on the horse was just getting organized when the red jeep belonging to someone connected to the family at the restaurant arrived. The jeep