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[[underlined]] Cactus Flat [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Nov. 1 to 5 [[/underlined]] -
 Remained at White Water Creek camp (Glenwood P.O.) trapping and collecting along San Francisco River, the creek & over mesa.

Lower Sonoran zone shows up strongly on hot slopes where the mesquite bushes are large & full of ripe bean pods. Many species of Lower Sonoran birds & mammals occur here. 

[[underlined]] Nov. 5 [[/underlined]]- Started for Cliff, followed down the Frisco Valley past the Mormon settlement (Pleasanton) then up Dry Creek to Lees Station about 10 miles. Aneroid read 5000 at starting and 5180 at Lees Station where a U.S.G.S post gives the altitude as 4884, so I set aneroid and correct the last camp reading to 4700 feet. From Lees Station we came up over mesas and ridges about 6 miles to Cactus Flat on the divide between Dry Creek & Duck Cr. and camped at 5200 feet.

Cactus Flat is open plains & mesa country with no water, but lots of grass and forests of Opuntia schottii & Yucca radiosa.