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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.