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[[underlined]] Sept. 15. [[/underlined]]  
Broke camp and traveled north in the open valley to a few miles of Elizabethtown, then turned up a gulch to the west and camped at 8800 feet on the east side of the Taos Mts. at the junction of Canadian & Transition zones.  Our camp is approximately 4 miles S.W. of Elizabethtown - straight.

Moreno Valley continues the same open, half arid, bigelovia covered valley, mainly fenced in large tracts & used for cattle pasture & hay.  We began to see occupied ranches back from the road at edges of valley when within 4 or 5 miles of Elizabethtown.

The wind blows a gale, as it seems to all the time now in this valley & it was so cold we were glad to get up into the timber to camp in a sheltered gulch.

[[underlined]] Sept. 16. [[/underlined]]  Climbed well up on the ridges to get oriented & find the best slope to follow up the mountain.  Got some good notes & in afternoon set traps.