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[[underline]] July 23 [[/underline]] Drove from Corona about 10 miles south to Temescal and up into the mouth of Coldwater Canyon and stopped at the Glen Ivy hotel. This is at 1400 feet at the mouth of the canyon and lower edge of chaparral. The mts rise steep & bushy back of the house. The canyon cuts in narrow & steep sided & a tangle of trees, bushes & vines. A fine cold, clear creek comes out of the canyon & is at once harnessed in pipes & flumes & set to work on orange ^[[& lemon]] groves - from here to Corona and then furnishes part of the water supply for the town of Corona.

A hot sulphur spring also comes out just below the mouth of the canyon & is used for a big bath house below the hotel.

The valley is semiarid with lots of cactus & some scattered chaperral & live oaks. There are grain fields and down along Temescal Co. some alfalfa fields and on the benches a few orange & lemon groves. At Glen Ivy hotel there is a good bearing orange grove of several acres & lots of fine large fan palms.