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He came back at 0600 and woke Larry and I up. We made last packing arrange- 
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ments, paid our room bill and with Paul DuMont and Cameron we all drove 
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out to the airport. We got our tickets and waited half an hour for the? 
plane . We left on a Hawaiian Airline plane at 7:55* The stewardess f\ 
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described the sights for tourists as we flew over Oahu. We landed on Maui 
35 minutes later, got our bug gage and rented a Chevy II from National Car 
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Rentals and drove into town* Ve bought some food to last us four days and \ 
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drove up to Kaleakala Crater. As we gained altitude the scenery became 
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increasingly beautiful. Confers of various sorts became evident as well 
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as roily grasslands on the slopes. A short-eared owl sailed over head 
and later we saw another. Up around 4000 Lat. we saw a group of Skylarks. 
The road was one car wide although they had a cents strip. We drove up 
into Haleakala National Park and stopped at the Ranger Station. We had 
already called the Superintendent and informed him of our plans so here 
we made final agreements. We obtained a permit to collect one Dark-rump. 
Just before the ranger station we had stopped at a picnic area to eat and 
get our stuff ready. There were several buses around and I regretted not 
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having brought binoculars . Afteryii siting the superintendent we drove up 
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to the top of the crater to the lookout. It was a sea of clouds but that 
is typical. We drove back to the Halemauu Tract, changed into field clothes 
and started out on the trail. After a short while (l/k to 1/2 mile) we 
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struck off to the right and climed right to the top of the crater.' 
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Amazingly we were at just the spot Larry wanted at the old Hawaiian Trail, 
which switch backs down into the crater - Larry described the burrows we 
