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Hankel,
James
1975
Journal
A.D.Thomas
Truck Stop Cafe, Del Rio, Val Verde County,
Texas
26 April Arrived here at ~0900 hrs for breakfast. Our
line as part of a field trip to NE Mexico
take the MVP with Sam Sweet, Allen & Philip
Green. We left Berkeley at 1530 hrs. on Thurs-
day 23 April and drove via rtes. 24 to I 680
to 395 to 58 to just outside of Mojave, Calif
where we camped for the evening (arrived at
2300 hrs). The following morning (24 April)
we continued E on rte 58 to Tecopa Cajon
where we picked up Interstate 10 East.
Except for meal + rest stops we drove straight
there to our next camping area at a roadside
rest area in Texas Canyon, just E of Benson,
Cochise Co., Arizona. Texas Canyon comprises
a beautiful series of large granite boulder
outcrops covering several hundred acres.
Sam & I walked among the rocks from
~2130-2230 hrs. in the hopes of finding some
gneiss — none were found. We continued E
the following morning (25 April) on Int. 10 E
then New Mexico and into Texas. At Van Horn
we headed S on Hwy 90 and continued S to
a rest area just E of the Pecos R., where we
camped. This morning we arose and drove to
Del Rio for breakfast. We have been driving