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Gilmore
1926
El Cayon Canyon, 3600 ft. E. base San Pedro Mts.
Lower Calif. Mexico.
May 13.
Arrived here at 4:30 P.M. after a
continuous ride since 7:30 A.M. The
trail from Alcatraz to Santa Rosa Valley
was good but after that it was very
bad. The trail about 2 miles out
south east of Vallo de Santa Rosa dropped
down a steep rocky canyon and contin-
ued to do so thru Canyon after Canyon.
for about 10 miles. From the top of
the ridge one could look over 10-16
miles of terrificaly rough mts, over
a long narrow desert, over the
San Felipe mts to the blue waters
of the Gulf. The camp at El Cayon
is located among some mezquite
trees at the edge of a good stream.
On either side precipitous canyon
walls rise 6 for several thousand
ft. The place seems to be a good
mountain sheep habitat but none
have been seen. A few mice or
rats were seen in the mezquite
trees and among the rocks.