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up steep grade for about 3 hours.  The country is rough & picturesque.  Struck Juniperus pachyphlea & J. (virginianus?) & Pinus edulis on the foot hills & kept with them up to edge of big pines & douglas spruce.  Train got tired & we made the last mile in wagon, up through beautiful forest to the camp of Cloudcroft.
Located in tent no 5 on Chipmunk Ave.  Were glad to have a fire to go to bed by.  Passed a few little cabins & log houses & two lumber camps.  The train hauls logs down to Alamogardo - yellow pine & douglas fir.  The mountains are covered with splendid timber but are scantily watered.  A few springs & creeks seem low down but no water near the top.  The supply is pumped up about 3 miles for the town of Cloudcroft.
From Lower Sonoran zone in the valley we pass through Upper Sonoran, & Transition & find ourselves in Canadian at Cloudcroft.  Many Transition species are still with us on warm slopes but otherwise the vegetation is pure Canadian.