Field notes, v1308
Page 479
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Akeem, H. 1998 August 16 Vista! We wonder if they forgot something (continued) or dropped off a body and keep the pistol loaded in the tent for the night August 17 We're up to clear skies no beardworse, and by ~0800h are on the Comfort Spring Trail which goes around upper Can Canyon through a saddle at ~7300'el, into Upper Ramsey Canyon. We go 2.25 miles to jet w/ Hamburg Trail at ~6700'el, which we think might be the Hamburg Mule site. Back to the car ~1130h just time to miss a big storm that by the time we're out of the canyon or good news engulfed almost all of the Huachucas. Got 20 Sceloporus jarrovii in upper Can and Ramsey Canyons, no snakes, and 3 big lion scads near each other near the jet. w/ Hamburg Trail, Upper Ramsey really is forested w/ thick ground cover along the trail, lots of conifers sounds of water, etc'. Spectacular lichen on rock faces and the Huachuca Agave is spectacular! Oak leaves carpet the more open areas. Drive north and then west to Sonora w/ spectacular views of storms over the