B.R. Moon 1987 Journal 3 5 April 1 km west of Foshay Pass, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino County, CA. T10N R14E Sec 31 w'1/2. 1500 PST. Bruce and I left our car at the first steep hill along the pipeline road between Vulcan Mine and Foshay Pass. It's breezy, with ~40% cloud cover. We hiked up the wash that follows Goldstone Spring Road from the pipeline road up the mountain. We started at ~1280 m in elevation in steep, hilly terrain with many species of 1/2 m high shrubs and also creosote bush, cholla, and some large catclaw acacias along the ravine edges. Wash is sandy, with reddish soil on nearby boulder strewn hills. Just below the intersection of Goldstone Spring Road and the power line Road we found two old, rusty, square topped pit-fall traps in the wash. Nothing in them but beetles. West of the wash, we saw bunch of cows grazing on the grasses. I found a Gilbert skink under a rock (species account: Gilbert skink). From the power line Road, we followed the Road to Goldstone Spring up the ravine. Above the power lines, at about 1340 m, were a few sparse junipers. Around the spring and up the