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D.A. Good
1980
Journal
Berkeley to San Bernardino, Calif
6 December Left Berkeley ca. 1400 with Dulce Rogers + Ed Heube for
Mexico. Arrived San Bernardino late that evening + spent
the night in a motel.
San Bernardino Calif. to El Paso, Texas
7 December Drove all day today from ca. 0700 to 2300. Spent the
night in a motel in El Paso.
El Paso Texas to Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
8-9 December Changed money at the border, got insurance + took care
of some other little matters + crossed the border into Juarez,
Chihuahua at about 1200 (Juarez time). We then drove
straight through to Mexico City, arriving at the Dirección
de la Fauna Silvestre (where Ed and I needed to pick up our
collecting permits) ca. 1300. We travelled along the following
route: Juarez to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua on Rte 45,
then Rte. 49 to San Luis Potosi, S.L.P., then Rte 57 to
Mexico City, D.F. On arriving at the Dirección, we found
that the man in charge of permits was out and would not
return until the next morning. We therefore rented a room
in a hotel down the street + spent the night of Dec. 9-10 there.
Mexico City, D.F. to Puerto Aristia, Chiapas
10 December We waited around in Mexico City until the permit man
got to work ca. 1030. We then picked up my permit (Ed's
was not there - they had never heard of him). We left ca.
1100 and headed for a collecting locality in Veracruz that Aube