Calistoga 1942. Jan 6 3 miles No. Trinidad to Willow Creek Humboldt Co., Calf. This AM we broke camp at 3 miles north of Trinidad. We then drove to Arcata for lunch and to stock up on supplies. After lunch we drove from Arcata to Samoa, a distance of 9 miles. This road runs along the north edge of Humboldt Bay. The first four miles out of Arcata is through pasture lands. Then the road slants down the north peninsula and this is a sand dune area with numerous patches of Bishop Pine and grove areas. The area looked partially good for a study of shore birds but this was impossible because the army is now digging in defense for Humboldt Bay and no one is permitted along the beach. We then returned to Arcata from Samoa and decided to look over the mouth of the Mad River for a camping place. This area is completely worked up into farming land and nothing was found where collecting would have been possible. In the late afternoon and in a heavy rainstorm we started across the coast range on highway 299 to Willow Creek. The west-facing slope was heavily covered with Douglas fir and redwood at higher elevations it became redwood and madrone association and just before going over the summit the area was opened