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Hauken,
James
1976
Journal
Hotel Noriega, Pachuca, Est. Hidalgo , Mexico
10 July 8 AM I haven't made any journal entries
since # 7 July AM as we've either been driving,
collecting or camping in the rain when writing
is, to say the least, not convenient. On 7 July
we drove S from Morelos to the Mex Hwy
to Galeana. After reaching Galeana we
inquired at the office of the electric company on
the main square as to the location of the road
to the Micro Ondas Station on Cerro Potosi.
The road is a continuation of the one leaving N
from the NW corner of the town. It passes through
a broad valley with Cerro Potosi off to the
left. After 9 miles you approach a small
village at the lower end of which you turn
to the left to continue up the mountain leaving
the village to the right. We stopped at 10.5 mi
NW Galeana to trim a few logs by a sawmill
and found 3 Selaginella. We continued on up
the road which, despite the recent heavy rains
and rain falling at that time, was in good shape
for a dirt and gravel road with only one
or two spots where we had to remove some
rock slide slides. We continued on up to
the Micro Ondas station 22 mi. NW from
Galeana when we stopped to collect. The forest
at that point is one of loosely sea pines with