Eastern Mojave Vegetation Field Notes (Continued)  
 

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   When I first read the field notes of Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, I was fascinated by the descriptions they wrote about the places they went and the plants and animals they found there. By publishing my field notes on the Internet I hope to follow a little bit in their tradition.

 

 

   

 

1990

 

 

Images:
- The backyard in February 1990.

- "Paul & Tom on the ramp & deck, Alameda, 2/3/90" in Lydia's handwriting.

- "Paul on Tom's deck, Alameda, 2/3/1990" in Lydia's handwriting.
 

 

3 February 1990

 

 

Images:
- "Finally pull out all carrots & radishes in vegetable garden, March 1990."
 

 

March 1990

“Finally pull out all carrots & radishes in vegetable garden, March 1990.”

   

 

1990 Desert Studies Field Trip

 
   

Barber Mountain

Images:
- The rock shelter known as “Mary's Cabin.”
 

 

Wild Horse Mesa

Other articles:
• Bonanza King Rd:  Bonanza King Canyon;

Locations: Bonanza King Canyon.

Images:
- TAS in Bonanza King Canyon.
 

 

Bonanza King

More Images:
Ammonoid fossils in Bonanza King Canyon.

Locations: Fort Piute.

Images:
- Fort Piute

- Fort Piute
 

 

Ft. Piute

Locations: Woods Mountains.

Images:
- Rock shelter in the Woods Mountains.
 

 

Woods Mountains

 

Other articles:
• Aiken Mine Road:   at cinder cone;

Locations: Cima Volcanic Field.

Images:
- Steve Wells explains about soils development on the flanks of basaltic cinder cones.
 

 

1990 Desert Symposium and field trip

 

 

Other articles:
• Fairview Avenue:   near Southwood;

Images:
- The backyard in August 1990.

- The backyard in August 1990.
 

 

August, 1990

Photographs at Fairview Avenue.

 

Other articles:
• TV Tower Road:   at Tassajera Pk;  Cuesta Ridge Botanical Area;

Locations: Cerro Alto. Cuesta Ridge.

Images:
- "Tom hiking while visiting us, 8/18/1990"
 

 

August 18, 1990

A hike at the coast(?)

More Images:
My dad and Sheba the dog on Cuesta Ridge. Annie in the back yard. Cerro Alto from TV Tower Road.

 

Other articles:
• California Highway 58:   near Techachapi Loop;

Images:
- Tehachapi Loop from Woodford-Tehachapi Road.
 

 

November 1990

 

Other articles:
• Lobo Point Road:   a little north of camp.;   in the Valley of Lobo Point;   at the camp site;
• Wild Horse Canyon Road:  Round Valley;   in Wild Horse Cyn;

Locations: Wild Horse Canyon.

Images:
- Rock shelters in Wild Horse Canyon.
 

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More Images:
Valley of Lobo Point from the slope of Lobo Point. Truck in Lobo Point camp. My tent at Lobo Point. Round Valley from Wild Horse Canyon Road near the Mid Hills Campground, 1990. Ambrosia eriocentra in the wash at Lobo Point.
Leaf of Ambrosia eriocentra in the wash at Lobo Point.
 

Other articles:
• Cedar Canyon Road:   at canyon;

Images:
- Plateau north of Cedar Canyon.

- Cheryl at the top of a cascade we used to access the plateau.
 

 
More Images:
Pinto Mountain to the east of the plateau.
 

Other articles:
• Kelbaker Road:   at Kelso Dunes;

Images:
- Providence Mountains from Kelso Dunes.
 

   

Images:
- Paul Schweich, CFI

- Paul and Lydia Schweich
 

   

Other articles:
• Growing Up:  Paragraph 1;  

  Growing Up in the Russian Baptist Church in the 30's
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