Journal and species accounts, v1347
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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