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Journal
Hofner, M.S.
1977
6.0 km. S, 17.0 km. E Valle de la Trinidad, 910 m.,
Baja California, México.
5 July (unit)
1000- we headed NW on the main road (good,
paved road) from Valle de la Trinidad toward
Ensenada. We had hoped to take the road
to San Vicente but were advised that
the road was only for 4-wheel vehicles.
Reluctantly we drove the long way around,
through Ensenada. Ensenada was much
as I remembered it from 1970: Dirty, wind-
blown town. We fueled up, bought some
juices then headed south from Ensenada
on Hwy 1. A pleasant, cool trip down the
coast, passing through numerous small, run-down
villages.
1600 arrived in the town of Colonia Guerrero
very near the type locality of Dipodomys
gravisipes. We scouted around [illegible] until we
finally found the ruins of Mission Santo
Domingo about 6 miles from town. We
decided upon localities that we wanted to
trap - either tonight [illegible] or tomorrow night.
Then headed back into town and checked in
at the "Hotel Sanchez". We got a very
nice room - twin beds, showers, etc for 200
pesos ($9.00) !!! We karyotyped 10 specimens
and took tissue and blood from a total