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Calbreath
1942
Jan 14.
Willow Creek to South Fork Mtin Trinity Co, Calf
throid. There are still large trees of
Douglas Fir and Port Orford Cedar Stands,
as well as small mixtures of Oak.
The ground cover is very lightly brushy
principally with manzanita and bay laurel.
The summit of the road comes up to
the Maple Creek, Bridgerill, Cineba junction.
The distance from the J H Dallas ranch
from this point is 10 miles.
We took the road to Bridgerill. It is
a graded dirtroad which in places is
a narrow one way road. In general it
traverses the open rangeland on a
south west facing slope. There are
a few places where the road drops
from the general 2400 foot elevation into
Timbered canyons. About 16 miles out
of Bridgerill to the north the daylight
came to us, and the trip from this point
on to Riley's camp was made after dark.
Peris and Redtail hawks were frequently
seen on this open rangeland. The
this seen numbered 16 and hawks 8.
Two birds were observed that were thought
to be golden eagles.
We stopped at Bridgerill for dinner
and made camp at Riley's at 9:30 PM.
The weather was extremely clear and