Field notes, v1501
Page 161
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2. MOON 1987 Journal 75 17 May southeast of Goldstone Spring, Providence mountains, San Bernardino co., CA. Utas on the shrubby ground of the ridge. From some peaks I could see Winston Basin and it wooded hills and washes and from others I could see down the east side of the mountains into the steep canyons and broad washes at the canyon mouths. From almost anywhere on the ridge I can see both east and west to the horizon behind the mountain studded desert. North are the high peaks of the northern Providence mountains and south are the high peaks around Providence peak. After reaching the peak at 1842 m. and resting for a while I headed north back down the ridge. Instead of taking the west ridge, I went north and then west down into the canyon southeast of Goldstone Spring. Up on the ridge before I headed down into the canyon, I saw another Collared Lizard run from a rockpile to under a larger rock nearby (species account: collared lizard). The canyon I went down was wide at the top with steep hilly sides but at the cont'd.