Hanken, James 1975 Journal Mexico trip: Gomez Farias 2 May 0830 bus loggers who appear to make only one trip up + down (cont'd) the mountain a day (using small trucks carrying 5-6 logs ~ 10' long x 1-2' wide). We managed to hitch a ride up the mountain with one of these trucks which saved us from the strenuous walk uphill in the heat and humidity. Before getting the ride we met a man coming down the road on a mule who was apparently the foreman of the rancho who told us that one needed special permission from the owner to collect animals on the rancho, and that the owner would not be returning until after 2 P.M. Our ride took us along the road for km. and then had to take a different road so as to let us off. The vegetation had been gradually changing from the thorn scrub of the flats below, through thorn forest, to the tropical deciduous forest of the higher elevations. The latter was characterized by an increasing complexity of the vegetation with climbing vines and lianas adding to the density of the forest. There was a mixture of evergreen and deciduous trees including Acer, Nyssa, or Quercus. The woods were rather dry, with leaf litter dry to the trees. No standing or flowing water was evident except a break in a water pipe apparently (1/2 way up)