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[[underlined]] May 1 [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Howard [[/underlined]], daylight, snowing [[underlined]] Up Arkansas [[/underlined]] R. Pinus edulis Juniperus Cactus Yucca Pinus ponderosa S. a few - oak scrub Begelovia Sarcobatus [[underlined]] Salida [[/underlined]] 6:15 Snow 3 in. deep, bushes covered, still snowing. Junipers & Pinus edulis to [[underlined]] Mears junction. [[/underlined]] up steep grade. Pinus murryana Pseudotsuga [[underlined]] near Marshall Pass [[/underlined]] l Pinus murryana " [[Ditto for: Pinus]] flexilis ? Picea englemani ? Abies [[underlined]] Marshall Pass [[/underlined]] 8:30 still snowing [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Sargent [[/underlined]] 9:15 lower edge of timber [[underlined]] Cooks [[/underlined]] big sagebrush valley Snow dissapears [[underlined]] Doyle [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Gunnison [[/underlined]] 10 [[underlined]] Sepinero [[/underlined]] 11 Black Canyon of the Gunnison not very deep but narrow & rough - good scenery. [[underlined]] Cimeron [[/underlined]] lower end of canyon Cynomys gunnisoni [[underlined]] Cerro [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Delta [[/underlined]] Cynomys gunnisoni [[underlined]] Grand Junction [[/underlined]] 4:30 PM left Grand Junction [[underlined]] May 2 [[/underlined]] - 2:10 AM Daylight at [[underlined]] Green River [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Lower [[/underlined]] crossing 6:30 [[underlined]] Heysen [[/underlined]] 8., breakfast snow begins
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Species names checked. Kept Vernon's spelling. Anything I'm unsure of is in [[?]] -@siobhanleachman
