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P.A. Kelly
1985
2
Journal
May 19 Pisgah Crater, San Bernardino Co., California
The optional 107 field trip to the Mojave Desert started at 7am at the HVZ loading dock. 22 students and 2 TAs prepared to head south on I-5 to join Harry Greene & Claudia Luke at Pisgah (also John Carothers & Johnmatter Lozos). Unfortunately I also had to bring bad news to Harry: that his Dad died last night from a heart attack.
The students divided up the food supplies & equipment between cars. I travelled with Jeff Groth who was en route to Arizona to collect some cross-bills. I brought my 1/2 Tomahawk Chipmunk traps and 40 Shermans to introduce the students to desert mammals, and also to collect some Perognathus for Jim Patton.
We left HVZ at 8:10am and arrived at the Pisgah "Hilton" (see Claudia's Notes) around 5pm after a few leisurely pit stops. The whole group arrived by 6pm. Harry was naturally upset regarding the bad news from home. He phoned his mother & DBWife, and made plans to fly to Texas from Palm Springs in the morning.
At 6:30pm I recruited some volunteers and we set all 50 traps near the camp.
The 10 Tomahawks in cracks in the lava