Journal, v4151
Page 193
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B. Richardson. 34. 48 General Account m 9 Junction Meadow Kern Canyon Tulare Co., California. 8100 ft. From the traps this morning I got on Peromyscus and O M. Dixon got 4. Had an early breakfast and was on the trail up Wallace Creek by 6:08 A.M. The trail follows up the Kern Canyon over a moraine for about 1 mi. and then a branch trail is taken that swings back (south east) up Wallace Creek. From that point to 3 mi. up when it strikes the John Muir Trail is a portion of the High Sierra Trail. It has been well constructed. From the John Muir trail it is 5 mi. to Wallace Lake by a soon ducked trail leading up the left side of the creek. Wallace Creek itself is a narrow gorge when it empties into the Kern and remains