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J. Rodgers
Itinerary etc.
April 2
Berkeley, Alameda Co., to Mt. Diablo
Contra Costa Co.
At about 11:30 am. I left Berkeley by myself
in my car for a skink hunting expedition.
I went to Walnut Creek where I turned
left at the main street, then right just
before leaving town at the north. Driving
east and south. I arrived at the north
entrance of the Mt. Diablo Stat Park.
Approximately two miles NNE of Walnut
Creek, the road passes over some low
hills. In these hills there is a ridge with
considerable outcropping of rocks. It
might be worth investigating for skinks,
so I did not stop this trip.
Where the road up Mt. Diablo starts
into the hills here (the so-called "north"
entrance to the park) it crosses the mouth of
Arroyo del Ceno, over into the next canyon
and follows up along its north slope.
At about 1100 ft. this road overtakes ridge
out of the head of the canyon and continues
on up along the north slope of Pine
Canyon. About half a mile west of
where the road enters Pine Canyon
(north wall), at about 900 feet, there is
a point labeled Buckle Point
(county highway sign). Just west of