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P.A. Kelly
1985
Journal
food committee excelled itself again
with a big dinner of burritos.
2 May 72 Got up at
5:30 am and checked all the Shermans. Lots
of Neotoma, Dipodomys, Peromyscus but
only one Perognathus longimembris.
Collected all traps, we cleared off the camp
site, had breakfast, made pack lunches,
and left for Darwin Falls (Argus Flus) by 8:45.
3 May 72 Darwin Falls (c. 4mi W Panamint Spring,) Argus
Flus, Inyo Co., CA. We arrived at
Darwin Falls after the harrowing experi-
iences of passing through Trona (Tosauna)
and getting intimately acquainted with
the road-surfacing techniques of Inyo
Co. Council. All cars got covered in a
gooey, oily tar-based mess while Tom
Wales had the misfortune of rear-ending
a badly sign-posted road vehicle in a
dust cloud. One car (2 students) got lost
& I didn't arrive in time - some people don't
know how to read plain instructions. John
Carothers waited for the 2 absentees while
the rest of us began the precipitous hike
up the creek bed to the falls. I had a few
scary moments trying to get foothold,