Galapagos field notes, v579
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Feb 25 Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos. working like madmen to get it together. Stebbins & Pappertfubs collecting like mad. Took our tent down to pack it and lived to sleep in the open; Miqultos [illegible] but used no rain to speak off thankpfully. Feb 26. In the A.M. continued packing trying desperately to get our junk on the dock so that it could be loaded on the "Golden Bear" Our instructions were to mark all the boxes for Valley's in San Diego, but most of this was ignored. Dr. Miller's tarp has disappeared from the lower bodega, but his ammo can is still there. Kiesten & I. [illegible] disposed Paul Koford and took down his tent, and moved a lot of gar- bage around the station. A # of people still trying to pack. After lunch we were all on the dock getting things organized (-adding to the confusion) when Beloy Cutler, Mrs. McKay, and Bill Kuschel returned from Baltra - the Ecuador plane A.M. they were supposed to catch as it left at 6 last night.' However in spite of everything almost all of the gear ended up on the dock by 5 P.M. and we had some delighted beer sessions around the station in the afternoon. Dr. Martin was called out on an emergency, only to this cover his gear was out on the Ecuadorian LST. However he must have managed for he was gone the next morning.