Journal Hafner, M.S. 1979 30 June (cont) Vicinity of la Ascensión, Nuevo León, México Hwy 68, drove a few km and stopped in a small grove of pines. Here we prepared 12 specimens. 1730 continued south on Hwy 68 through thinly forested areas mixed with Yucca and 1830 arrived at Tia Juana ("San Juanito" on our AAA map). Here we finally found water to drink - we had been without thus far this trip! 1900 arrived la Ascensión. It was becoming dark so we ate dinner in la Ascensión and drove just east of town to camp for the night. Cool, humid night. Our bags were wet in the morning. 0700 drove back through la Ascensión and into the agricultural areas west of town. Noted gopher diggings and we set out a few sets. After looking the area over, we decided the gophers weren't thick enough in this area so we drove SE of town on Hwy 68 through the next large valley to the SE. As we entered the valley, we noted occasional signs of gophers, but the bulk of the valley appeared to have no gophers. We turned around and headed back to la Ascensión. We set traps in and around a corn field about 1 km W. of town. Again, hovever, the gophers weren't dense enough